Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 120 Li Gan Wants to Check and Balance, Lu Pheasant and Wu Meiniang Approve Memorials Together
It was getting dark gradually, and it wasn't until a little palace maid came to the room to light the lamp that she found His Majesty and His Majesty on the reclining chairs.

Of course, all with clothes on.

"ah!"

The little palace maid was taken aback by the two people in the darkness, and she was stunned for a moment before she recognized that it was His Majesty the Emperor, and her face turned even paler.

"Your Majesty's forgiveness for the servant's assault on His Majesty."

"Light the lamp."

"Yes, Your Majesty." After the little maid lit the lamp, seeing that Li Gan had nothing to say, she hurriedly retreated.

"Your Majesty." Wu Meiniang snuggled into Li Gan's arms, the dim light shone on her jade face, and the residual flush gradually faded.

Although she was a little bit reluctant, she still looked up at Li Qian: "The concubine has been sleeping for three days, and it's time for your majesty to change to a concubine."

When Li Gan heard this, the hand stroking Wu Meiniang's shoulder paused.

These words reminded him.

Li Qian had already approved the memorial with Wu Meiniang for three days. Although Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng had not sent back feedback, Li Qian still felt pretty good about it.

However, Li Qian did not forget that there were two people on his shortlist.

In addition to Wu Meiniang, there is also Lu Pheasant.

A few days ago, he wanted to learn how to critique memorials, so he didn't want the two of them to be together, for fear that the two of them would have a dispute, which would delay his study efficiency.

And the experience of indulging in the pile of memorials for the past three days has given Li Gan a preliminary understanding of these complicated affairs.

At least, he already has a general understanding of what he is going to do and what part of knowledge he lacks.

Among the many complicated memorials, a large part of them are trivial matters, which do not require him to make decisions.

In other words, whether Li Qian makes a decision or not is the same, and it has little effect on him now.

The other part of the memorial said that it was a major event, related to the situation between the DPRK and China, the impeachment of ministers, the stability of counties and counties, and the turmoil on the border...

On the one hand, it is necessary to know a lot of information to deal with these major events, and this information needs to be obtained from those complicated and trivial memorials and ministers' reports.

On the other hand, experience in dealing with these things is also required.

Inexperience means that Li Gan doesn't know what the consequences will be if he makes a decision.

Don't investigate if you can't predict the outcome...

Therefore, Li Gan criticized many major events very conservatively, or did not move at all.

These experiences need to be accumulated slowly, and in this process, Wu Meiniang can give him only limited advice and help.

Li Qian wanted Lv Zhi to join in, and one more person would have one more idea, and one more idea.

Even if she and Wu Meiniang really had some differences of opinion, Li Qian could still make his own judgment.

In addition, the addition of Lu Zhi can also check and balance Wu Meiniang, which makes Li Qian more at ease.

After these three days of getting along, Li Qian felt that Wu Meiniang was quite reliable.

It's just that no matter how reliable she is, she can't let her be alone with her.

If something happened to Li Gan and he couldn't get away, wouldn't the memorial have to be decided by her alone?
If you come here so many times, no matter how reliable you are, I'm afraid there will be murmurs.

Which cadre can stand such a test?

Li Qian felt that it would be better not to give Wu Meiniang such an opportunity than to deal with those illusory tests.

This is good for both parties.

Wu Meiniang was leaning in Li Gan's arms. After she said those words just now, Li Gan fell silent.

She looked at Li Gan's profile under the dim light, and couldn't figure out what His Majesty was thinking.

However, Wu Meiniang was not too worried.

Now she is no longer on the same level as those concubines who stayed in Liugong Kuwait.

No matter which concubine is favored in the future, no matter which concubine is crowned in the Sixth Palace, Wu Meiniang will never be forgotten by His Majesty the Emperor.

The reason why she wanted other concubines to come and serve Li Gan was because Wu Meiniang understood the truth that distance creates beauty and freshness.

Now she is tired of reviewing memorials with His Majesty every day, if she goes to bed at night and stays together every day, it will be too late...

"Okay, just follow Mei Niang's orders." Li Qian nodded slightly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

While Wu Meiniang was delighted, she was also a little bit reluctant.

Although it is necessary to maintain freshness, which woman is willing to share her man with others?
The lights flickered dimly, and Li Gan's face flickered on and off.

After saying that, he was still thinking about the memorial, but he didn't expect Wu Meiniang to come over suddenly, and her delicate red lips were deeply imprinted on Li Gan's face.

"Ok?"

Li Gan was startled, but after Wu Meiniang finished kissing him, she didn't back away, but rubbed his side face, and leaned into Li Gan's ear: "Your Majesty, why don't you change it tomorrow!"

A smile curled up on the corner of Li Gan's mouth. Instead of speaking, he turned over and responded to Wu Meiniang with practical actions.

……

Capital City, Right Prime Minister's Mansion.

Under the night, the exquisite pavilions and pavilions form a continuous film, and the lights are lit up to complement each other.

A canal passes through Youxiang Mansion, and is arranged in three bends and nine bends, with gurgling water, symphony of springs and stones, ding ding dong dong, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Qin Hui had just changed into a large blue and black cloud brocade robe, with a huge emerald green jade ring finger on his finger, and a large black gauze hat on his head, and walked past the corridor with red pillars.

The warm night wind blew, and the hem of his clothes fluttered.

When I came to the small courtyard and opened the door of the study, the floor inside was covered with tribute gold bricks from the imperial palace, glowing black and bright.

The gold bricks here are tightly seamed, with a smooth surface and no cracks or flaws. Obviously, they are not defective products eliminated during the brick firing process, but genuine tribute gold bricks.

Stepping into the study room, a burst of fresh fragrance drilled into the nostrils.

This smell comes from a shad with flat mouth and fine scales placed on a light yellow glazed porcelain plate on the table.

The production of this kind of fish is extremely scarce, and it is a tribute exclusively for the imperial palace. It is extremely delicious, and it is salvaged from the Yangtze River every year, and it is frozen in a hurry, so that the express boat will rush it to the capital.

It's just that the late Emperor liked to practice Taoism in his later years, which would hurt the peace of heaven, so he didn't eat all kinds of fish and animals much.

But Qin Xiang never forgot the delicacy of this kind of fish. Even now that the Caohe River is out of transport, he ordered his subordinates to hurry up and send his favorite shad to the capital, and he would eat one every two or three days. .

However, Qin Hui didn't have any appetite today, so he waved his hand to signal his servants to take the fish away.

He turned his head to look at the desk. Under the bright light, his adopted son Qin Xi, who was dressed in a dark green pine-pattern round-neck brocade robe, was helping him sort the memorials into categories one by one.

"Father, you're back!" Qin Xi hurriedly raised his head when he heard Qin Hui enter the door.

"Ah."

Qin Hui nodded, not feeling tired from a busy day, sat down at the table and began to open the memorial.

Qin Xi stood on the sidelines, keeping his eyes on the memorials, watching Qin Hui's movements.

In fact, he didn't have to be so busy at first, but Prime Minister Yan Song was going to Xingyang for disaster relief recently, so he could no longer approve memorials, so he gradually began to hand over the work.

In other words, Qin Hui, the Right Prime Minister, had to do the job of two alone.

But instead of complaining, he was full of energy, double the work, and double the happiness.

Qin Hui commented on the memorial very quickly. After flipping through it, he picked up the brush with the red cloud and crane pattern on the table and dipped it in green ink, leaving refined comments on the memorial.

Most of them are in a few words, but they can hit the point, point out the problems and give solutions.

Opening a memorial again, the first thing that catches the eye is not the beautiful square lowercase characters, but the dazzling Zhu Zhu at the end of the memorial.

In Qin Hui's opinion, the characters written by Zhu Mo are not much better than Gou Crawling, not even the characters on the memorial, let alone the seal characters he has concentrated on for decades.

But Qin Hui had no choice but to suppress the discomfort in his heart, read the words written by Zhu Zhu seriously, and then sighed softly.

Qin Xi at the side understood Qin Hui's mood very well.

It was a surprise to his stepfather that Yan Song had nothing to do and wanted to go to the disaster relief.

However, after finally being able to review the memorials alone, the little emperor jumped out to make trouble again.

He is an emperor, does he know how to govern the country?
Qin Xi clenched his fists, finally couldn't hold back, frowned and said: "Father, Your Majesty is too ignorant of the seriousness. Just as that traitor Yan Song was about to leave the capital, he came out to make trouble..."

"Be careful."

Qin Xi's lips moved, but he closed his mouth obediently.

Qin Hui stopped Qin Xi's words, but he himself sighed too.

Originally, when Yan Song left, he, the right minister Chao Gang, made the decision. This is a good time to promote students and expand his influence.

Even Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province have several places where the boundaries of power are blurred, and they can take the opportunity to take them over.

But what the emperor said made Qin Hui's good plan come to nothing.

"Your Majesty himself would not have thought of the memorial. The problem still lies with Wei Zheng."

A gloomy look flashed across Qin Hui's face: "This person is born to meddle in other people's business."

"He also offended Yan Song and He Shen before, but it was a fluke that allowed him to escape." Qin Xi added.

"That was no fluke."

Qin Hui glanced at his adoptive son: "It's hard to touch him with the Holy Family."

"Then you just sit back and watch him continue to make trouble? Father? And these memorials approved by His Majesty, this is too..."

"Wei Zheng is only second, an appearance."

Qin Hui kept writing, reviewing memorials one after another: "If Your Majesty ignores this person, he is only suffering from scabies."

"The root is still with His Majesty."

Speaking of this, he looked up at the stack of memorials that he specially left on the corner of the desk.

They are all with Zhu Zhu, and there are problems.

Either it will go wrong if it continues to be implemented, or it will harm the interests of him, the right minister.

There is still a large pile of such memorials in Zhongshu Province. Even Qin Hui, who is shrewd and capable, has a headache every time he sees the red batches on it.

Qin Xi opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

You can't hold down the emperor's head and prevent him from approving memorials, right?

He can not approve it himself, but when he wants to approve it, no one can stop him from approving it. This is the emperor's right.

"Ah~"

In front of the desk, Qin Hui looked at the Zhu Zhu on the new memorial, then looked up at the stack in the corner, and sighed faintly.

This Zhu Pi actually asked the people below to check Jiangxia Sheriff, but who in the court didn't know that Jiangxia Sheriff was his protégé of Prime Minister Qin?

Who would dare to touch him in normal times?
Only the little emperor, who was stupefied, didn't know anything.

Qin Hui supported his forehead with one hand, and subconsciously rubbed the memorial in his hand with the other.

Zhu Bi and Qing Bi have different opinions, so it is absolutely impossible to just send the memorial to the Minister of Ministers, and the people below will be confused, so they must agree.

For a while, Mr. Qin Xiang had a headache.

If there was a consensus, he would have to go to the Political Affairs Hall of Ziwei Hall to discuss the memorial with His Majesty the Emperor and persuade him to change his opinion.

But there are two disadvantages in doing so. One is that it will make the emperor feel dissatisfied. After all, no one likes to listen to harsh words.

Qin Hui didn't want to get too stiff with the emperor.

Second, he couldn't figure out what the consequences of doing so would be.

Is His Majesty the Emperor approving the memorial just to deal with Wei Zheng, out of a momentary interest?
If he knew that he had approved the wrong memorial, he would feel frustrated, and he would no longer be in contact with it?
Or will it instead arouse his competitive spirit and make him criticize chapters more diligently?
Qin Hui frowned, he had been troubled by this question for the past three days.

He thought he had seen countless people in his life, and he would see through any small thoughts and actions of his subordinates at a glance.

But in the face of His Majesty the current emperor, Qin Hui felt quite incomprehensible.

This feeling became even stronger after today's swearing-in.

It's not because His Majesty is so scheming and scheming, but because his actions have a feeling of uncertainty.

Many of his actions, many words and many Zhu criticisms in the memorials were completely incomprehensible to Qin Hui.

Before seeing it clearly, Qin Hui had no idea that the emperor would think that way.

There is no sign or reason at all.

Qin Hui also tried to adapt to the emperor's unconstrained thinking according to Zhu's comment on the memorial, but no matter how he adapted, he would always be stunned when he saw the next memorial...

"Father?"

Qin Xi's probing voice came from the side, and Qin Hui realized that he had been absent-minded for a long time.

"Ugh……"

Looking at the accumulated memorials, he sighed quietly, he couldn't go on like this.

Not only the backlog of memorials and official duties, the Right Prime Minister discovered that the emperor's various reactions had become his demons.

As long as he was idle, Qin Hui would try to figure out what the emperor was thinking.

The key is to guess wrong.

"Early tomorrow morning, you will bring these memorials to Zhongshu Province for your father." Qin Hui said in a deep voice.

"Yes, father." Qin Xi hurriedly responded.

Qin Hui knew that it was not a problem to procrastinate the memorial, and it was not a problem to keep trying to figure out the emperor's thoughts. The situation in front of him seemed to be a predicament.

If so, a change must be made.

……

Wu country.

In Wuduzhong, which is peaceful and prosperous like a paradise, businessmen from the imperial court and various countries come and go like flowing water, and the best and colorful Wu brocades are sent from here to all parts of Daqian.

Prosperous commerce and contacts in all directions also mean well-informed.

But even for homing pigeons, it takes seven or eight days to fly here from Dagan capital. If there is a slight accident, it will be enough to fly for more than ten days.

Therefore, the people of Wu State are still enjoying the aftertaste of peace.

It's just that today is destined to be an extraordinary day.

A piece of order from Fu Chai, the king of Wu, came to Wu Zixu's doctor's house to remove him from his post as a doctor.

When the order came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the city.

Many people in Wu know Wu Zixu, who was an important minister in the period of the former king. Like the great general Sun Wu, he opened up the territory of Wu and fought everywhere.

Moreover, today's Gusu City was built under Wu Zixu's command. He also built water conservancy, dredged silt, made the fields fertile, and facilitated transportation, making Gusu City much more prosperous than before.

The people of Wu named the two projects outside the city "Xuxi" and "Xupu", which shows the high status of Wu Zixu in people's hearts.

Now the king actually wants to remove him from the position of doctor in the name of being ignorant of the king and repeatedly violating his wishes, which makes many Wu people feel extremely heartbroken.

Why did the king do this to Dr. Wu?

It's just that the heartache is heartache, and ordinary people and businessmen have no room to comment on this kind of thing.

All you can do is to look worried and worried when you pass by the Wu Mansion again.

"Father!" Wu Feng looked at Wu Zixu worriedly, his eyes were red and swollen from crying, like peaches.

"Father, since he asked you to stay at home, why don't we just do nothing at home? What else can he do to you?"

Wu Zixu shook his head slowly: "Your Uncle Changqing also said that one cannot forget one's roots."

"When I fled from the state of Chu, the king treated me like a guest. I will never forget it."

"But you also helped the late king ascend to the throne of King Wu, defeated the princes four times, and accomplished his achievements. Otherwise, how could a country like Wu be on par with Chu, let alone conquer Yingdu!" Wu Feng said painfully.

This is true. After Wu Zixu was taken in, he recommended Zhuan Zhu to the then Prince Guang. Zhuan Zhu assassinated King Liao of Wu so that Prince Guang could ascend the throne and become the later King Helu of Wu.

Wu Feng's voice was choked with sobs: "Father, you should owe him everything, why do you always feel ashamed of him?"

Wu Zixu sighed, no matter what others say, no matter what others say about the late king, he will never forget that period of kindness.

"I misunderstood the villain Fu Chai at the beginning and let him inherit the throne of King Wu. Now that the state of Wu is about to perish, I am also at fault, so let me die with the state of Wu."

"But you don't have to perish with Wu."

He looked at his son: "Now the king wants me to stay behind closed doors, so you should go quickly."

"The state of Wu has become a land of right and wrong, and we can't stay for long. My father didn't expect the situation to reach this point so soon. If Sun Changqing tries to protect you now, I'm afraid it will hurt him instead."

"After you go out, don't go looking for him anymore, go directly to Qi State to look for doctor Bao Mu."

"Although I don't know people well in my life as a father, Bao Mu is my best friend and confidant, but he will definitely not leave you alone."

Wu Zixu grabbed Wu Feng's shoulders and said frankly: "After Wu's fall, Sun Changqing will definitely return to Qi."

"When the time comes, follow Bao Mu or follow him, it's up to you. But there is only one thing I want to tell you as a father."

"Father..." Wu Feng choked up, unable to speak.

"No matter what, don't go after this so-called fame and fortune anymore."

Wu Zixu looked at Wu Feng's young face, and his words were full of vicissitudes and emotions: "Just live a peaceful life, and don't think about avenging me. If I die, it will be my own fault, not the fault of others."

Wu Feng didn't expect this day to come so soon. Hearing his father begin to explain the funeral, he couldn't help crying again: "Father, the child doesn't want to leave..."

"Don't hesitate any longer!"

Wu Zixu's voice suddenly became severe.

"As a father, you are the one who worries the most. Do you want me to die with regret?"

Taking photos of his father's power, Wu Feng stopped crying, but still stood there refusing to move.

Wu Zixu sighed helplessly, and helped him pack a bag of clothes and clothes, dragged him to the back door, and gave him some instructions before letting him leave.

It's just that with Bo Pi's report last time, Fu Chai had already sent people to watch around Wu's residence, and the news was quickly spread to Wu's palace.

"Do you see clearly who is leaving?" Fu Chai stared blankly at the guard who came to report.

The guard was a little hesitant: "It seems...it's Dr. Wu's son..."

Fu Chai clenched his fists, his knuckles turned white: "Where did he go?"

"Go back to the king, the minister came back to report when he saw him leave the mansion, there should be someone watching him behind."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Fu Chai's face was livid, and he thumped the table heavily, but he said three good words!
"Your Majesty, maybe it's just a misunderstanding..."

Today, Bo Pi changed his position, and instead talked about Wu Zixu's well-being: "Your Majesty, Dr. Wu asked his son to go out, but he didn't go out himself. This is clearly an expression of loyalty to the King."

"If he has another heart, why doesn't he run away?"

Master Bo Pi is proficient in sophistry, and even sending his son away can be said to be a sign of loyalty.

No way, the client's request suddenly changed again. He had to do things after receiving money and beauties, and he had to let Wu Zixu survive no matter what.

However, Fu Chai is not such an easy person to fool.

He glanced at Bo Pi coldly: "Could it be that you are thinking about Wu Zixu's kindness to you in the past?"

"it's not true!"

Bo Pi hurriedly explained: "The friendship with Wu Zixu is just a small favor."

"The loyalty to the king is the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers. How can the ministers abandon the righteousness and pursue small favors?"

"It's just that the minister has such awareness, but the general has not!"

Bo Pi looked at Fu Chai earnestly, and persuaded earnestly: "Your Majesty, Wu Zixu is on good terms with the General now. If the King wants to move Wu Zixu, the General will be dissatisfied. At this critical time, the General is indispensable." what!"

"so what?"

Fu Chai got up and walked out of the palace in a hurry, only saying: "Gu is the king of Wu!"

Bo Pi was startled, then sighed, and hurriedly followed.

(End of this chapter)