Chapter 2129 Question

"Ahem." Zhou Yanfeng gathered his thoughts, coughed twice, and said, "Everyone, I have called you here today because I have something to discuss."

Zhou Yanfeng looked around the crowd, as if he was a superior person. Zhao Lun showed disdain, while Li Yang and Qi Kai smiled. As for Yuan Ji and Hou Yi, their faces were calm and showed no anger. Guan Zhuo, His face was expressionless, as if he was indifferent to the things around him.

Zhou Yanfeng took in everyone's expressions and felt a little confused in his heart.

Zhao Lun's expression was what he expected, and Li Yang and Qi Kai were now his allies, so naturally they would not have any resistance. Guan Zhuo, that guy has never been very concerned about these things. He only cared about the cases in his own yamen, so Guanzhuo's expression was normal.

What puzzled Zhou Yanfeng was the mood of Yuan Ji and Hou Yi. He seemed to be giving orders. In Zhou Yanfeng's opinion, Yuan Ji and Hou Yi must be unconvinced and might even stand up to refute him.

However, none of this happened. Yuan Ji and Hou Yi did not have any strange emotions. Their expressions were very calm, which was completely beyond Zhou Yanfeng's expectation.

"I don't know what these two people are up to." Zhou Yanfeng thought to himself.

Zhou Yanfeng did not dare to have the slightest contempt for Yuan Ji, and even had some shadows.

Yuan Ji has been the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for many years, and has been in power for many years. He has always been the leader of the civil service group. Although Zhou Yanfeng is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he is really not enough in front of Yuan Ji. Where Yuan Ji is, he will be the leader of the civil service group. Nothing happened to Zhou Yanfeng without him, and what he said had no deterrent effect.

Therefore, when facing Yuanji, Zhou Yanfeng was not so confident, and even a little afraid of Yuanji. Seeing Yuanji's expression so calm at this moment, Zhou Yanfeng could not help but feel a little nervous.

However, he was in charge of the matter and he had to continue.

"Now our Yanfeng country is troubled by domestic and foreign troubles, and the late emperor has passed away. It can be said that we are in an extremely dangerous situation." Zhou Yanfeng continued: "I won't go into details about the external dangers. Everyone knows that the wolfish ambitions of Shuiyue Kingdom and Tianji Kingdom, everyone We all know it, but our Yanfeng country is not a superpower after all. If they want to send troops to us, they have to think carefully and make complete preparations. Therefore, there is no need to worry too much for a while. What I want to talk about today is our Yanfeng country. As for matters within the country, it is said that in order to fight against foreign aggression, one must first settle the situation within the country. As long as we stabilize the situation within the country, we will be more confident in dealing with the hostility of the Shuiyue Kingdom and the Tianji Kingdom. "

Silence is still silence.

There was still no one around him speaking. Although this scene seemed to show respect for Zhou Yanfeng, it made Zhou Yanfeng quite embarrassed, as if he was singing a one-man show while others were watching the show.

"Zhou Shangshu, do you have any way to solve the current predicament?" Just when Zhou Yanfeng felt embarrassed, Qi Kai suddenly said.

Zhou Yanfeng gave Qi Kai a big thumbs up in his heart, but on the surface he nodded calmly and said, "Not bad."

Having said this, Zhou Yanfeng paused deliberately, and then continued: "As we all know, the reason why the situation in our Yanfeng Kingdom is corrupt now is because of the rebels who have emerged from all over the country. They are like locusts, destroying everything they can see. It is precisely because of their existence that the situation in our Yanfeng Kingdom is unstable. If we want to stabilize the situation, we only need to find a way to eliminate these rebels. "

Zhou Yanfeng's words made Li Yang look a little embarrassed. As Minister of the Ministry of War, the extermination of the rebels was within his scope of responsibility. However, after so many years, the number of rebels in Yanfeng Kingdom has not decreased. , on the contrary, there are more and more, and now it has become so corrupt that there are rebels around almost every city, and the people inside and outside the city are in panic all day long.

The presence of these rebels was like a slap in the face.

Zhou Yanfeng saw the change in Li Yang's expression and said quickly: "Of course, all this cannot be entirely blamed on Li Shangshu. Before, everyone in the court did not pay attention to those rebels, and concentrated their energy on Shuiyue Kingdom and Tianji." The country, as well as the demon army, gave those rebels the opportunity to develop and grow. "

Sure enough, after hearing Zhou Yanfeng's words, Li Yang's expression improved a lot. He said, "Although we are not entirely to blame for this, we are also somewhat responsible. Zhou Shangshu, do you have any good ideas?"

"Yes." Zhou Yanfeng nodded and said: "We can solve the problem of the rebels from the source, and the source of the rebels is the people! As long as the people are not willing to follow those rebels, then the rebels will naturally not be enough. For the sake of fear, it is actually not difficult to prevent the people from following the rebels, as long as they have enough to eat and have land to farm. "

"Zhou Shangshu, if I remember correctly, your Ministry of Revenue has provided relief to people in disasters several times before, but the effect does not seem to be very satisfactory." Yuanji said: "Then how do you want to keep them fed? What will happen from the sky? pie?"

Seeing Yuan Ji finally attacking him, Zhou Yanfeng not only did not get angry, but secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. The silent Yuan Ji was more fearful than the speaking Yuan Ji.

Regarding Yuan Ji's question, Zhou Yanfeng had already prepared for it. He said slowly: "It is impossible for pie to fall from the sky. My method is still to provide food for disaster relief."

"Still the same old thing? Haven't your household failed enough times?" Yuanji sneered.

"Minister Yuan, have you ever thought about why our disaster relief efforts have not achieved the desired results?" Zhou Yanfeng asked.

Yuan Ji sneered: "Of course, your Ministry of Revenue did not do a good job and failed to deliver grain to the people, which led to the failure."

"Minister Yuan's words are biased." Zhou Yanfeng said tit for tat: "Our Ministry of Revenue does have a responsibility, but the greater responsibility does not lie with our officials, but with the officials below. It is because of their corruption and their embezzlement that the grain that should have been distributed to the people fell into their private granaries. With the grain in their hands, the disaster relief will naturally not be successful."

Yuan Ji frowned slightly and did not refute. He knew that Zhou Yanfeng was telling the truth. The corruption of the officials below was too serious. As the Minister of Personnel, he could not be unaware of this matter, but there were too many officials below. He might not be able to manage them even if he wanted to. What's more, in recent years, his mind has been on fighting for power, so naturally he has less time to manage the officials below.

And Zhou Yanfeng's bringing up this matter at this time always gave Yuan Ji a bad feeling.

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