Absolute Violence - Chapter 835

Episode 835 Everything about Gyeongseong

‘I forgot what he looked like… … .’

Lin An muttered softly to himself. She stiffened her round, smooth face and looked displeased.

“Did your brother tell your mother to persuade you?”

“That’s not true.”

Queen Jin said with a smile.

“He just wants to be a great general, so where would he have the energy to care about you? “It means the mother alone.”

Lin An lifted his lower chin very courageously.

“Then mother, tell your emperor brother.”

The emperor knew that she had secretly harbored feelings for Dong La for a long time.

However, few people in the royal court knew about this. For example, people like Jeong Guk-gong. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have even dared to send his wife to the palace.

The smile on Queen Jin’s face gradually disappeared. She looked indifferently into her face, fell silent for a moment, and then she spoke.

“Are you still thinking about him in your heart?”

Im An’s eyes wavered for a moment.

“Who, who… … .”

Queen Jin sighed and spoke meaningfully.

“He is not a good match for you. “It can’t end well.”

“Mom, what do you mean?”

Lin An frowned his elaborately trimmed eyebrows.

At this time, the court ladies came in one by one, carrying delicacies from the mountains and the sea, and laid them out one by one on the table.

Queen Jin changed the topic just in time.

“The food has all been served, but why hasn’t Your Majesty come yet?”

Im-an also happened to be a little hungry, so he looked anxiously at the food through Do-hwa-an and spoke in a charming voice.

“My brother, the emperor, has a lot of work to do, so he may have missed time. “I will send someone to ask.”

Queen Jin nodded.

“Tell them to leave quickly and come back quickly.”

* * *

Ansinjeon (安神殿).

Emperor Yongheung wore a yellow robe and sat on a large chair in the dining room, looking at the officials in the hall with a heavy expression.

After Emperor Yeongheung inherited the throne, he did not enter Geoncheong Palace in Wongyeongje but moved to Ansinjeon in the west.

He did not like Geoncheonggung. It was as if he disliked the Emperor, who was deeply absorbed in cultivating the Tao. This reminded him of the Emperor’s face from time to time and reminded him of the Emperor’s true identity.

“The snow damage in Beijing is so severe that a large number of nomads have already moved south and are causing trouble in the remaining provinces. In addition, in areas such as Cheongju, Uju, and Sangju, people are constantly making noise and revolting due to snow damage.”

Emperor Yeongheung spoke quietly.

“How do you think each department should handle it?”

* * *

The topic to be discussed at this small group meeting was ‘snow understanding’. Since entering winter, temperatures have fallen sharply.

The family, which was originally able to barely make a living by tightening its belt, was affected by the cold wave and was forced to spend more money to purchase additional supplies such as charcoal and cotton clothes.

However, poor families working in agriculture had only a small income per year, so they had to carefully calculate how much money they would spend on food and clothing.

If such a family spent money to buy charcoal and additional cotton clothes, there would be a shortage of hermits to buy rice.

Many poor people could not survive this winter. They suffered from hunger and cold and suffered countless losses.

The government successively received copies from government offices in each region. They described the horrific nature of the damage by saying, ‘Not a single household was left in 10 villages.’

The deputy monk immediately came out of the ranks and spoke.

“Your Majesty, you can have your wife save up her land and help the victims. The people cannot survive the winter due to lack of clothing and food. If so, they will certainly become vagrants and bring misfortune to each state. The people plundered by the wanderers will also turn into wanderers. “If we don’t calm down the damage as soon as possible, it will lead to great disaster.”

Hu Fusangseo did not wait for Emperor Yongheung to speak, but hurriedly stepped out of the ranks and spoke loudly.

“Your Majesty, the treasury is so empty that we cannot provide any extra rent to help the victims. “Your Majesty, please consider this carefully.”

The time of relief for disaster victims every year was like a storm that always shook his official hat for this man of wealth.

As expected, Hobu Geunsajung hurriedly stepped forward and struck the final blow.

“Your Majesty, God wants to impeach Mr. Hobu, who has violated the rules by using his power for personal gain and accepting bribes. “The cabal is sucking the marrow out of the government, leaving the national treasury empty.”

Ho Bu-sang-seo knelt down and spoke loudly.

“I ask for your resignation!”

Emperor Yongheung twitched the corner of his mouth fiercely and looked down at all his subjects with an expressionless expression.

Party fight, party fight!

They were still arguing even now!

‘A group of intellectuals like you, who only know how to engage in internal disputes, have joined forces with the former emperor to cause disaster in Daebong so that the people cannot live in peace… … .’

Emperor Yongheung said with a gentle smile, clasping his closed hands in his sleeves.

“Jim said yesterday that the damage was serious and that all officials from above and below the government should come together and discuss measures together. “Please stop.”

Hobu Sang-seo and others immediately ceased to exist.

Emperor Yongheung nodded with satisfaction and spoke in a loud voice.

“What about the stockpiles of military spears in each region?”

Hobusangseo said.

“Everyone has already opened the warehouse and rescued the victims. However, during the harvest season, the government fought against the martial arts and his vitality was greatly damaged. The food and forage that day were procured from various places. For this reason, there is a shortage of reserves in Uichang in each region.”

Emperor Yeongheung thought and said.

“Then what about Gwanchang (官倉)?”

As soon as he spoke, the party officials just looked at each other and did not know what to do. Udo Inspector Liu Hong came out of the ranks and spoke.

“Your Majesty, no. If you want to stabilize the situation in each region and have lower-level officials and officials behave normally, you must not touch the government office.”

The sole purpose of Uichang was to provide relief to victims of poor harvests.

Gwanchang was used to pay rewards to officials.

If the royal court were to fail to pay the royal tribute, it would be a true catastrophe.

Emperor Yongheung said with a dark expression.

“Then what good plan does Lord Ryu have?”

Liu Hong fell silent and spoke.

“The Northern Yao tribe and barbarians still owe the court countless amounts of fur, salt, and iron ore. Your Majesty can send a delegation to Beijing to collect it.”

Emperor Yeongheung’s eyes sparkled. The opinions of the ministers below were also divided, but Prime Minister Wang walked out of the formation and spoke.

“This is not possible!”

The offers were immediately refuted.

“Why not?”

“I think this plan by Master Ryu is very good.”

“That’s right. In places where the Yao tribe and barbarians live, cattle and sheep live in herds, so there is a lot of fur, and it protects against the cold, so it can solve the government’s ultra-fine payment.”

Prime Minister Wang patiently waited for the ministers to finish speaking and only then spoke.

“On the day that the draft of the oath was drafted, it was written by Heo Shin-nyeon, Seo Gil-sa of the Academy, and supervised by God himself. It is clearly written that the materials such as fur, cattle, and sheep sent to Daebong by the Yao people and barbarians are dated three years later. It has now been less than two months since the war subsided. The Yao tribe and barbarians are also trying to redo the neglected work, so supplies are tight. If you ask them to fulfill their contract during this period… … .”

Prime Minister Wang was speechless, but the ministers understood.

It was like putting pressure on Daebong to break the relationship between the Yao people and barbarians.

Emperor Yongheung asked somewhat anxiously.

“What good plan do you have, Prime Minister?”

Prime Minister Wang sighed inwardly. Even if he didn’t turn his head, he could feel the stinging eyes watching him from behind.

As a prime minister in name and in name, he spoke in a low voice because some things were unavoidable.

“Although the national treasury is empty, wealthy merchants are overflowing in and around Gyeongseong and throughout the central plains. “Your Majesty can appeal to the righteous people of the world to donate.”

‘It has begun… … .’

Their hearts were pounding.

In fact, unfounded rumors had already spread in Gyeongseong several days ago. According to rumors, His Majesty was planning to sacrifice them by appealing for donations to fill the empty treasury.

This was the moment that Emperor Yeongheung had been waiting for, so he smiled only at this moment.

“This method is great. “How do you think we should appeal, Prime Minister?”

Prime Minister Wang said.

“Providers are taking the lead in donating. “God wants me to donate half of my family wealth to help the victims.”

Several members of the Wang Party and the previous Wei Party immediately responded and expressed their intention to fill the national treasury by donating half of the family assets like Prime Minister Wang.

However, more ministers showed opposition.

“Your Majesty, this cannot be done.”

“We are barely able to survive with incorruptible management, so where does the family wealth come from?”

“Merchants pursue profits, and asking them to donate is the same as cutting out flesh. He will definitely cause trouble.”

“We must not let the atheists know that the national treasury is empty. I am afraid that there will be damage from war. The same goes for the interior. “If the people realize that the government appears strong on the outside but is empty on the inside, the wanderers will turn into traitors and the disaster will be endless.”

As soon as they heard that the emperor had appealed for donations and that Prime Minister Wang had taken the lead in donating half of the family fortune, they had a huge reaction and stood in the same camp as if they had made a promise.

Even if their relationship is usually like oil and water.

Emperor Yeongheung raised his hand and calmed the commotion of the ministers.

This was not Geumranjeon, but a restaurant, so there was no Taegam swinging a whip or yelling.

When the priests became quiet, he looked at the deputy monk and said.

“Master Master, what are your intentions?”

All of the ministers present were key figures of the faction. Therefore, by resolving them, most factions could be resolved.

And the deputy monk was now the head and only leader of the shrine. If he nodded his head he could take the sugar. He could have at least won a majority.

“your majesty!”

The deputy monk came out of the ranks and spoke in a sorrowful voice.

“Shin served as a government official diligently and faithfully for twenty years. “He is an incorruptible official who barely manages to make a living without ice in the scorching heat and without charcoal in the harsh winter.”

As he spoke, he shook off his hands, and the wide sleeves slipped away, revealing frostbitten hands.

“God wants to sacrifice his life for the Tang Dynasty, give all his loyalty, and only quit after death. But God feels sorry for his wife and children. We don’t want them frozen on the street. If your Majesty persists in this view, God will ask for his resignation.”

‘Old fox… … .’

Emperor Yeongheung’s head started to hurt. He hurriedly waved his hand and said.

“There’s no need to go this far, this far…” … .”

If that were to really happen, he would become an emperor so greedy that he would force his ministers to resign by pressuring officials to donate, and his reputation would be tarnished. If only one stroke of this were recorded in the history books.

Emperor Yeongheung believed that these intellectuals would definitely write like this.

Because they are the ones who are forced to donate.

Emperor Yeongheung again asked another minister, but was euphemistically rejected in a different form.

They cried or said things like resigning.

The young emperor’s complexion became increasingly worse. He couldn’t do this or that and ended up hitting the table.

“This doesn’t work, that doesn’t work either. What is the use of training you in the court? I want a thorough solution within 3 days. “If you don’t bring it, everything will be destroyed!”

“Your Majesty, calm your anger!”

The ministers knelt one after another.