I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 125 Unlimited Renewable 'Experience Coupon'

The emperor Qi Xinyuan three years, winter December.

It has been more than 70 days since Liu Qi closed his autistic Taimiao to "think about his past".

But Tianzi Qi, who was supposed to 'think about it' for half a month, has yet to walk out of the Taimiao.

Liu Qi was busy with self-isolation, and the burden of government affairs was all on the shoulders of Prime Minister Shen Tujia.

Just like this moment: Shen Tujia, who worked continuously for a day and two nights and still couldn't resist the bouts of fatigue, was persuaded by students Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng to sit safely in the head seat of the Prime Minister's class;

But the rest is rest, Shen Tujia didn't dare to go to sleep, could only lie on the head, gently rubbing the forehead with his hands, while closing his eyes and falling asleep, he didn't forget to listen to the reports of Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng .

"teacher;"

"Hengshan came to report: After the hail disaster, plague broke out in three counties."

"Although it has been controlled by the local counties, there is an urgent need for the court to dispatch doctors and medicine stones."

Hearing Liu Sheng's report, Shen Tujia didn't raise his head, and his eyes were still closed;

He only replied wearily: "Send the report to Changle Palace, please use the seal of the Empress Dowager, and then take the report with the seal to the Shaofu, and ask the Shaofu to allocate medicine."

"As for the doctor, let the officials of the local county and county find it near Hengshan Mountain by themselves;"

"The expenses for the doctors will be allocated by the national treasury - each doctor is limited to 100 yuan, and the total number of doctors is limited to 50 doctors and [-] yuan."

Hearing this, Liu Sheng only nodded slightly, then handed the report in his hand to the little official at the side, and watched the little official take the report and trot towards the outside of the prime minister's mansion.

After the little official left, Liu Pengzu's report sounded again in the classroom.

"teacher;"

"Chenzhi County in Guanzhong reported that the canals were blocked and needed to be dredged before spring plowing began, and they applied for appropriation from the treasury."

"—Stay in the middle."

This time, Shen Tujia only dropped these four words, and then frowned tightly.

Later, brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu each read out several similar applications for funding and labor collection, and they all received the same approval from Shen Tujia.

In the end, Shentu Jia finally opened his eyes a little, let out a wry smile with a tired face, stretched out his hand again, and pointed at the stove in front of him.

"All the memorials that are left unpublished, you two, can be thrown into the stove directly;"

"After all, the meaning of those memorials is limited to this..."

After saying that, Shentujia straightened up, picked up the tea soup in front of him and took a sip, then returned to the previous posture again, lying on the head, closing his eyes and falling asleep.

In front of Shen Tujia, brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng looked at each other for a while, then stood up tacitly;

He picked up the pile of bamboo slips that were half a person's height beside him, and came to the stove in front of Shentujia.

While throwing the bamboo slips in their hands into the stove, the two brothers did not forget to chat.

"These people are real, too."

"—Don't even look at the present, when is this;"

"They also dug canals and built roads one by one, asking for money and asking for people."

"It means that the father is not here, and the teacher has a good temper."

"If the emperor sees these memorials, he will definitely call these people into Chang'an and scold them face to face..."

Hearing Liu Pengzu's resentful complaint, Liu Sheng smiled and shook his head.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally said, "I think it's nothing."

"Although right now, people in the Guandong are panicked and undercurrents are surging, but for these counties and counties in Guanzhong, life will always go on."

"The canals are related to farming and farmers' irrigation of their fields; roads are related to transportation."

"—that is, the timing is not right now, and it is inconvenient for the court to allocate funds and people outside."

"In ordinary years, if such a memorial is sent to the emperor, most of them should be approved."

"After all, my Han family is based on agriculture;"

"Anecdotally, there is a saying that 'food is the most important thing for the people'."

As he spoke, Liu Sheng did not forget to continue throwing bamboo slips one after another into the stove in front of him;

While throwing it away, he did not forget to pretend to be relaxed and said: "The autumn harvest last year seems to be lower than in previous years."

"In addition to winter, most of the requests for dredging the canal have not been approved by the teacher;"

"——This year, after the autumn harvest, I am afraid that the life of the people in Guanzhong will be even more sad..."

The tone of voice full of sighs also provoked Liu Pengzu to nod his head slowly;

After chatting for a few more words, the two brothers shook their heads and sighed, stopped talking, and concentrated on burning the memorials from various places that were "stayed in the middle and not published".

Ever since Tian Ziqi punished himself in Taimiao for self-reflection and the prime minister applied for Tujia, he hardly ever left the prime minister's mansion.

For a total of more than 70 days and more than two months, the number of times Shentujia went back to the mansion to rest did not exceed five fingers.

Almost every day, Shen Tujia fell asleep among the mountains of bamboo slips, and woke up after a few hours, continued to check the memorials, and made a reply.

Shen Tujia, who was over seventy years old, worked so hard, brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng couldn't bear it, they came to visit Shentujia from time to time, and by the way advised Shentujia to rest for a while and have a couple of warm meals.

After coming to Xiangfu three or five times like this, Shentujia simply arrested the two brothers and kept them by his side.

The euphemistic name is: learn by the old man's side, how to deal with government affairs, and prepare for the future, when you become a king and become a feudal vassal.

Regarding Shen Tujia's proposal, the two brothers had no objection, they only readily agreed.

——What Liu Pengzu thought was what Shen Tujia said was right

Anyway, the two brothers will also become kings and vassals in the future;
There is nothing wrong with being by Shentu Jia's side in advance to learn how to handle state affairs.

Liu Sheng felt that there was nothing wrong with helping Shen Tujia share the burden in the name of 'learning how to deal with state affairs'.

In this way, the two brothers and teacher Shen Tujia stayed in the Prime Minister's mansion voluntarily and 'worked together' for more than two months.

With this period of study, the two brothers have gradually become familiar with state affairs and how to deal with various things;
Especially by Shentujia's side, watching Shentujia handle those extremely complicated things lightly and properly, let the two brothers learn a lot.

Of course, the two brothers are still princes after all, and their status is taboo here;

Said it was helping, but Shen Tujia didn't ask the two brothers to help him specifically.

Most of the time, just like now, Shentujia lay on the head with his eyes closed, squinted his eyes and took a rest, and then asked the two brothers to read the content of the memorial to himself.

After Shen Tujia's reply, the memorial will be handed over to the officials of the prime minister's mansion for specific handling.

This kind of model can be regarded as allowing Shen Tujia to experience the superiority of the profession of 'secretary' more than 2000 years in advance.

As for the two secretaries Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng, Shen Tujia is naturally very satisfied...
"Almost~"

"I rested for half an hour, so I can't delay any longer."

"Go on and rest, I'm afraid there will be more redundant government affairs today than yesterday..."

After speaking leisurely, Shentu Jia slowly opened his eyes, took a deep breath, and patted both sides of his cheeks with both hands;

Still feeling that he was not refreshed, he picked up the tea bowl and took another sip. Then he got up from his seat and came to the pile of bamboo slips where the two brothers were sitting.

After looking left and right, he probably picked out a few scrolls of bamboo slips clearly marked with 'urgent', then Shen Tujia came to the side of the class room, knelt down in front of the table, and immediately entered the working state.

Seeing this, the two brothers had no choice but to look at each other and let out a wry smile, and threw the remaining rolls of bamboo slips into the stove, and then returned to the pile of 'mountain of bamboo slips' to check them mechanically.

——Not for approval, but to classify these bamboo slips to save Shentu Jia some trouble.

But their hands were busy, and the two brothers did not forget to complain softly, so as to add a little bit of fun to this boring work.

"Drag the canal ~ stay in the middle and not send out ~"

"Fix the road ~ stay in the middle and not send ~~"

"Additional yamen servants ~ stay in the middle and not send ~~~"

"Official Vacancy..."

You said one word, and I read it one word at a time. When I read this memorial about the vacancies of officials in the county government and the request for recruiting officials, the two brothers couldn't help but look at each other for a while;

Then, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and took a deep breath in tacit understanding...
"—Stay~Middle~No~Send~~~~~"

There was a neat dragging sound, which immediately made the three teachers and students burst into laughter;

Only a moment later, Shen Tujia seemed to have lost his breath, and then coughed violently.

Hearing this burst of rapid coughing, the two brothers got up quickly and walked to Shentu Jia's side quickly.

On the one hand, Liu Pengzu was stroking Shen Tujia's back, and on the other hand, Liu Sheng jumped out two steps to fetch the bowl of tea soup that had been completely cooled.

As soon as the tea bowl was handed to Shentujia, there were two more violent coughs, and two wipes of crimson sprayed from Shentujia's mouth and nose, falling into the bowl...

"teacher!"

Liu Sheng's exclamation only caused Shen Tujia to shake his hands and cough violently, but it lasted for a long time;

After coughing for another twenty or thirty sounds, Shentu Jia finally regained his composure, and quickly wiped away the blood from his mouth and nose with the palm of his hand.

"No problem..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

"It's okay, it's okay..."

Sensing the worried eyes of Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng, Shen Tujia waved his hands calmly;
Taking a deep breath, he adjusted his disordered breath a bit, forced a smile, and shook his head at the two brothers.

"Whoo~"

"It's been a problem for many years~"

"It's not just me, most of the veterans who fought on the front line in the early years have some or other root causes of illness."

"—At that time, I only thought about fighting, and didn't care about healing;"

"Nowadays, I can only resist like this, and from time to time, supplemented with soup and medicine for recuperation..."

As soon as he was able to speak, Liu Sheng quickly walked out of the classroom, brought in a bowl of hot soup and medicine from the servant, and knelt gently beside Shentujia.

After Shen Tujia took the tea bowl, took a sip carefully, and then coughed twice, bursts of sobs finally appeared on Liu Sheng's face.

"It has been almost two and a half months since Father entered the Taimiao;"

"Without the royal father sitting in the Weiyang Palace, the burden of the court is all on the shoulders of the teacher alone."

"——If things go on like this, it's not a solution after all..."

As he said that, Liu Sheng did not forget to work, he took the handkerchief and stroked Shen Tujia's back, so that the old prime minister who was over seventy years old would be in a good mood.

Hearing Liu Sheng's words, Shen Tujia didn't react, but Liu Pengzu's complexion sank slightly.

In the past period of time, Tianzi Qi, was really unlucky...

At the very beginning, Jupiter and Mars were retrograde, so Tian Ziqi opened the [-]-day "Tianmiao Facing the Wall Thoughts Experience Voucher".

At that time, everyone was thinking: No matter how much Tianzi Qi likes to face the wall, it is unlikely that he will be addicted to it;
After using up the [-]-day experience coupons, Tianzi Qi will inevitably come out of the Taimiao and return to Weiyang Palace to preside over the overall situation.

But what everyone, even Tian Ziqi himself, did not expect was that the [-]-day experience coupons were one after another...

——On the 11th day when Tianzi Qi came to the wall of the Taimiao, the official in charge of stargazing reported that a comet appeared in the sky;

After Tianziqi shook his head helplessly, he finished fulfilling the second experience coupon. On the seventh day of No. 20 of Tianziqi's Mianbi Taimiao, the stargazing officer once again reported that there was a solar eclipse during the day.

In desperation, Tianzi Qi had no choice but to renew a 30-day experience coupon for himself.

I thought this wall-face would end on No. 60 days, but unexpectedly, in the early morning of Nine Days, another meteor flew across the west at an untimely time...
The helpless emperor Qi could only sigh in the end, and announced to the courtiers and officials who came to welcome him back to the palace: I have not faced the wall enough...

Give me another [-] days...

It was the successive occurrences of "heavenly visions" that made Emperor Qi, who was only in his early thirties and was supposed to preside over the overall situation of the court, take a long vacation of more than two months in the Imperial Temple of the Supreme Emperor Liu Xing!
On the contrary, the Prime Minister Shentu Jia, who was over seventy years old and was already doomed, could only critique piles of memorials with his old bones.

Some people may say: Shentu Jialei, who handled the government affairs on his behalf, would not be tired if he was replaced by Emperor Qi?
——Really not!
Because there is a big difference between the emperor's instructions and the prime minister's "reply on behalf of".

When faced with many memorials, Tianzi Qi only needs to consider one question: whether to approve or reject;
If you really can't make up your mind, you can temporarily put it aside and find a courtier to discuss it later.

In other words: Tian Ziqi has the absolute right to speak about most of the government affairs that can be sent to him.

Approval, rejection, or finding someone to discuss with others, are all decided by Emperor Qi.

But these same things fell into the hands of Shen Tujia, but they suddenly became complicated.

Take the memorial that Liu Sheng read to Shentu Jia just now as an example;
——The rain and hail in Hengshan caused the plague. If this matter is in the hands of Tianzi Qi, there is no need for Tianzi Qi to think about it;
Pick up the emperor's seal at hand, print it on the memorial, and then send it directly to the Shaofu to allocate the medicine.

But this matter was in Shentujia's hands, and Shentujia, as the prime minister, could not directly order the Shaofu to allocate supplies.

Because Shen Tujia is the prime minister;
The treasury is in the hands of the prime minister.

Now that he holds the national treasury in his hands, Shen Tujia can no longer meddle in the internal funds of the Shaofu, so as not to be suspected of 'intending to disrupt power'.

Therefore, Shen Tujia could only go around in circles and send this memorandum to Changle Palace, and ask Empress Dowager Dou to give the approval of 'allocating medicine from the Shaofu' on behalf of the emperor, and then use Queen Dowager Dou's approval to call it from the Shaofu. supplies.

This is not bad, only Shentu Jiaduo needs to make a detour;
In the past two months or so, Shen Tujia has encountered countless times that were more complicated and difficult to deal with than this one.

But as the prime minister, Shen Tujia was forced to slow down his work efficiency in order to avoid taboos...
"Ah~"

"I don't know if the father can come out of the Taimiao smoothly this time;"

"But don't let anything happen again, let the father stay in the Taimiao for a few more days, and let the teacher continue to work hard..."

Liu Pengzu let out a sigh full of sighs, which also caused Liu Sheng to nod his head worriedly;
But Shentu Jia couldn't help shaking his head and laughing wryly.

Today is the No.13 day of Tianziqi's fourth "Ancestral Temple Facing Wall Experience Voucher", which is the No.70 three-day period of Tianziqi's trip to the Taimiao.

According to the expiry date of this experience coupon: [-] days, after two more days, Tianzi Qi will be able to walk out of the Ancestral Temple.

——If nothing unexpected happens...
"Prime Minister."

Just as the brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng in the classroom were worried about Shentujia's hard work during this time and Shentujia's physical condition, a low-pitched recitation sounded outside the classroom;
When the person from the background walked into the class room, revealing the blue official uniform exclusively for stargazers, there were wry smiles on the faces of the three teachers and students.

——Tianziqi’s experience coupon, I’m afraid, it’s going to be renewed again...
"This time, what is it?"

"A comet? A meteor?"

"Solar eclipse? Lunar eclipse?"

"Or is there another star that flows in the opposite direction???"

Seeing that familiar figure reappear, Shen Tujia only shook his head with a wry smile and got up from his seat;
Asked with a bit of self-deprecation on his mouth, but his footsteps had already reached the door of the classroom.

Just waiting for the stargazer to speak and tell about the abnormal celestial phenomenon that happened this time, Shen Tujia will personally send the news of the 'renewal of the experience ticket' to the Ancestral Temple in person like the previous few times.

Unexpectedly, this time, the stargazing officer didn't show his face shaking his head and wryly smiling like the previous few times;

Instead, with a very serious gaze, he bowed to Shen Tujia in front of him.

"On the eve of last night, a very long meteor appeared and streaked across the sky from the east!"

"This morning, news came from Luoyang Palace: a sky fire descended on the main hall of the East Palace of Luoyang Palace, burning down the palace walls and rooms!"

Saying these words with a stern expression, he saw the star gazing officer pay respects to Shen Tujia again, and there was a little urging in his eyes.

"I also ask the prime minister to go to the Taimiao immediately, and ask your majesty to return to Weiyang Palace, the overall situation of sovereignty!"

"—Your Majesty, no matter what, you can no longer stay in the Taimiao!!!"

(End of this chapter)