Inside the Imperial City in the Capital.
In the Imperial Study.
Emperor Yanping received Yang Zhengshan's memorial of self-defense.
Looking at the contents stated in the memorial, Emperor Yanping did not have much fluctuation in his heart at first.
The first part of the memorial spoke of things Yang Zhengshan had done in the Tenglong Guard in the past, and Emperor Yanping had seen all these past matters in previous memorials.
Only when Emperor Yanping saw Yang Zhengshan say that a great drought would appear in Liaodong did his expression abruptly turn gloomy.
A great drought in Liaodong?
It might involve most of Liaoyuan and Pingyuan!
It would affect nearly ten million commoners, and might leave several million commoners without a single grain harvested, reduced to refugees!
Looking at Yang Zhengshan's prediction in the memorial, Emperor Yanping's first reaction was anger!
It was very hard for him to accept this sort of guess without evidence.
But when he saw in the memorial that Yang Zhengshan said drought conditions had already appeared in Liaodong, he pressed down the anger in his heart again.
"Go. Summon Lü Hua!"
Emperor Yanping ordered coldly.
"Yes!" The imperial eunuch attending in the Imperial Study hurriedly accepted the order.
After a moment, Lü Hua hurried into the Imperial Study.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Yanping raised his head and looked at him with a somewhat gloomy gaze. "Has the matter of the Marquis of Jing'an buying up grain on a large scale been investigated clearly?"
"Replying to Your Majesty, it has already been investigated clearly!" Lü Hua took out a memorial from within his robes and presented it.
And just as this happened, Nan Sheng walked into the Imperial Study. He stood not far from Emperor Yanping with utmost respect, and did not speak.
Lü Hua merely