Poor family mother and son

Qi Guiran was indeed quite breathless.

When Chu Qing was intercepted and killed by mountain bandits near Hushan, he used the excuse of uniting the three prefectures and five counties to develop the economy and asked them to send troops to suppress the bandits. At that time, he was very disgusted with Chu Qing.

Not for anything else, just because a group of old men listened to her, a woman, babbling endlessly, which made him very unhappy.

At that time, he just came to condolences to Chu Qing as the highest official of Chu Qing's hometown because he had just been promoted to Jizhou, although, as Hulin County borders several state capitals, he should also come forward.

But Chu Qing is a woman after all, and letting a group of officials and gentlemen listen to her - you can say that you are beautiful - it is really... really counterintuitive!
It was also because of this that he had a very bad impression of Chu Qing.

After the locust plague, he felt that the clear reminder was not only superfluous, but also an interference, an interference with his prefecture.

However, the facts slapped him in the face. For this reason, he also spent a large sum of money from the government to purchase chickens and ducks from Xingtang County and Huai'an County to kill locusts. This damaged his dignity and disgusted him even more.

But it was just such an unfortunate luck that he was relegated to Yong'an Mansion, where he worked under Chu Qing's nose, and at this time, Chu Qing was already at a height that he could not reach.

He also recognized this, so what if he didn't recognize it?

Moreover, he is also actively learning from Song Tingshan and Xu Guangze. Didn't the two uncles get promoted and get rich because they listened to what they said clearly?He listens too!
But look, he wants to be obedient, so he won't let him!

After all, Chu Yuan couldn't bear to look down on him, so he told Qi Guiran in private: "Cooperate, do you understand? Cooperate, do you understand?

Putting yourself in your position, you still want our father-in-law to lead the people to become rich and prosperous, so why don't you just enjoy the political achievements? "

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Kyoto, Imperial Study Room.

The emperor hadn't received a letter from Chu Qing for a few days, which made him very uncomfortable.

He recently discovered that there are some habits that he never had but were cultivated by Chu Qing.

For example, regularly receive cashier invoices, receive debriefing documents, and receive... letters.

Now, there is no clear letter for several days, what is she messing with?

No wonder the emperor thought of Chu Qing, because what he was looking at was a memorial from Yong'an Mansion, which asked for disaster relief food and funds to be implemented as soon as possible.

This incident made the emperor very angry.

More than four months have passed since the "eight winds" caused damage, and the disaster relief funds from the imperial court have not been sent to Yong'an Mansion!
However, the memorial did involve some news about Duke Yong'an: "Gong'an Gong said: 'Can't the imperial court stop giving relief just because my Chu family rescued it in time?

Not to mention that Haizhou Mansion was not my father-in-law's fief at that time, even if it was, the court couldn't ignore it!
Who is in charge of disaster relief?My father-in-law wants to impeach him!Why, Daxuan doesn't want Yong'an Mansion anymore?Is Yong'an Mansion not counted as Daxuan's territory? '

When Mr. Yong'an made this remark, he was indignant, and the subordinate officials did not know how to appease him, so he asked His Majesty to express it clearly. "

Seeing this, the emperor felt a little complicated: "Is this because he wants food and money, but he dare not speak out, in the name of Duke Yong'an, or is he wearing shoes for Duke Yong'an? This Qi Guiran, he can't do anything else, but he is skilled in yin and yang." !"

After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Is Chu Qing trying to take Yong'an Mansion for herself, or is she showing me that she has no intention of being self-reliant?"

Eunuch Li stood quietly not far away, imagining himself as a candlestick stake.

People around the emperor must always judge which "self-talk" of the emperor can answer and which ones can't. Now, they can't.

However, the emperor had to be ignored. The emperor was not an ordinary person, he would talk to himself casually. Since the emperor made a sound, he naturally hoped to get a response.

If the emperor's words are allowed to fall to the ground, then there may be where to find fault and get angry. What should we do?

Eunuch Li is looking forward to Hu Hengqiu's appearance very much at this moment—Master Hu, why don't you come when it's time to come?
"Please inform me..." A voice came from the outer hall, and Eunuch Li rushed out as if he had been pardoned. It was indeed Hu Hengqiu, and he hurriedly said, "Oh, Mr. Hu, this old slave will inform you!"

Hu Hengqiu: "..."

Why is this a bit unlike Manager Li?Doesn't he always look at me with supercilious eyes?Hu Hengqiu was very puzzled.

"Let him in!" the emperor had already spoken.

The emperor also realized that Eunuch Li shouldn't be expected to talk to him just now. That servant knows when to speak and when to shut up every day.

Hu Hengqiu entered the imperial study with a bundle in his arms. The emperor looked at it and saw that the bundle was square and he didn't know what was inside.

"Your Majesty, please take a look!" Hu Hengqiu untied the bundle, and placed the contents on the imperial case—a stack of books.

A stack of beautifully printed books.

A stack of beautifully printed tomes with strange titles.

The emperor looked at the titles of the books one by one, and he was familiar with some of them, such as "New Lunzhou on the Bite of the Tongue", which he had seen at the Ninth Prince's place, but there was no binding at that time, and it was simply tied with a silk ribbon, which is not as good as it is now exquisite.

"Is this...?" asked the Emperor.

Hu Hengqiu: "Your Majesty, look here—Chu understands."

The emperor counted the nine books, all of which were signed by Chu Ming.

Every few pages, there is a colorful illustration, some are local customs, some are natural scenery, and some are fighting: By a river, two groups of Voss and Daxuan are fighting together, and there are baskets filled with stones on the river beach .

I looked at the title of the book: "The Jade of Tempering Blood".

This book tells the story of the Chu family's jade mining in Voss. It is written as a series of stories. Each story has an independent title, and there is a strong connection between the stories.

The emperor read it with great interest, and Hu Hengqiu scratched his head and scratched his head anxiously: "Your Majesty, this book was not sent to me by Duke Yong'an, but from the Changguang Prefecture Board of Directors and the Jiaxing Prefecture Board of Directors!"

"What?" The emperor was immersed in the story, not understanding what it meant.

"Hey! Your Majesty, some of the illustrations here are topographic maps of the country of Voss. Do they count as leaking military information? Some stories involve commodity transactions with the people of Voss. Is it a violation?" Hu Hengqiu asked.

Although Hu Hengqiu appreciates Chu Qing very much and is willing to give her a certain amount of protection within his ability, the prerequisite is that Daxuan's safety cannot be affected, and Daxuan's secrets cannot be leaked.

The emperor finally got serious: "Have you read all these books?"

Hu Hengqiu: "I only browsed through it roughly, but didn't check it carefully. I am in a hurry to send it to you!"

"Then watch now!" the emperor ordered.

Hu Hengqiu: Are you sure you don't want to read the story?
No.

The emperor believed that Hu Hengqiu was right to remind him that he should take these issues seriously.

So the monarch and his ministers spent three days reading all nine books without sleeping or eating.

Rubbing his red eyes, the monarch and his ministers looked at each other, their eyes were out of focus, and their minds were still dreamy: This book is beautiful!There are pictures and truth!
As for the prohibited content, it is not included, because it does not involve any territory maps, military maps, government orders, etc. in the Daxuan. The pages with maps are also somewhere in Voss.