Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1561 Untitled 3
"Your Majesty, since it is arranged by His Majesty, what should we do?"

Facing Qiqige's question, An Miaoyi was silent for a while before speaking helplessly:
"What else can I do? I can only accept it!"

After saying this, An Miaoyi couldn't help but complain again:

"This heartless guy always ruins my good things!"

Hearing An Miaoyi say this, Qiqige nodded. Then she seemed to have thought of something and asked again:

"My Lady, how are things going with the Shanhe Mine?"

Seeing Qiqige mentioned the matter of Shanhe Mine, An Miaoyi hesitated for a moment and then asked:

"How's Ren Hai doing?"

Qiqige thought for a moment and said:
"Wang Hongyu has submitted the land deeds and house deeds of those shops and houses to Ren Hai. Ren Hai said that although these land deeds and house deeds are worth 25,000 taels of silver, according to the rules, only 20,000 taels of silver can be loaned. However, he can make some arrangements and lend out 35,000 taels of silver!"

"We will then find a few people to bid for it. Thirty-five thousand taels of silver should be enough to buy 50% of the shares of Shanhe Mine. Wang Hongyu promised the queen that as long as the Shanhe Mine is handed over to him to operate, he can guarantee that the efficiency of the Shanhe Mine will be doubled, and the queen will get at least five thousand taels of silver in dividends every year!"

Hearing what Qiqige said, An Miaoyi's expression changed, but soon An Miaoyi thought of something, and her expression became complicated. After a long time, the Queen of Daqian slowly spoke:
"Tell Wang Hongyu and Ren Hai that I will not be involved in the Shanhe Mine incident this time..."

When An Miaoyi said this, Qiqige's face suddenly became surprised. She hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively:
"Madam, are you dissatisfied with the dividends?"

An Miaoyi shook her head and said:

"Wang Hongyu has always been cautious and never makes empty promises. He said at least 5,000 taels a year, so that should be 8,000 to 10,000 taels a year. This is already a lot of money!"

Qiqige asked in confusion:
"Since it's quite a lot, why do you want it, Madam?"

An Miaoyi smiled bitterly and said:

"The Xiangyun Hall incident is a warning from His Majesty. If I were to get involved in the Shanhe Mine incident now, I would be blinded by greed and committing a crime against the law!"

Qiqige suddenly realized what was going on after hearing this, nodded in agreement, and then complained:

"Your Majesty, you are really stupid. Even the old farmers in the countryside know that it is better to give the good things to outsiders than to your own family. I really don't know what your Majesty is thinking!"

An Miaoyi snorted and said in a sarcastic tone:
"Although our emperor says that he has never thought of being a wise or benevolent ruler, and just doesn't want to be a tyrant or a weak ruler, he actually wants to be the greatest emperor in history, to be like Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, or Emperor Wu, who wants to expand the territory, eliminate bad policies, and develop the economy!"

"So they are noble and upright, not caring about worldly matters, just like gods on earth!"

Feeling the sarcasm in An Miaoyi’s words, Qiqige didn’t dare to interrupt. After all, An Miaoyi was the queen, and some things could be said, but she had to shut up when she should...

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Yijing, South Gate

With the patrol battalion clearing the way, a carriage slowly drove into Yijing. As the carriage entered Yijing, the curtains of the windows were lifted up, and a handsome man was observing the world outside the carriage through the window.

Looking at the hustle and bustle of traffic in front of him, the prosperous scene, Murong Hui couldn't help but feel emotional. When he joined the Fengwu Army, it only had two territories, Liaoyang and Youyan, and he was a fifth-rank assistant in the Youyan Censorate.

At that time, Yijing had just been conquered by the Fengwu Army. The city was full of traces of the Zhao Fuqu era. The market was dirty and messy, and there were hooligans everywhere. The employees were often owed salaries, so corruption was rampant and the economy was in a state of decline!
At that time, Murong Hui was working as a clerk in the Censorate, and basically had to handle dozens of cases a month. This was because Ye Mingsheng's idea at the time was to use severe punishments in times of chaos and to use strong means to restore order. In order to implement Ye Mingsheng's policy, Murong Hui handled the cases in his hands more strictly, and basically sentenced more than ten people to death every month.

Honestly speaking, from today's perspective, Ye Mingsheng's methods were indeed a bit cruel. Some people who would not be sentenced to death now were sentenced to death back then. However, the effect of this was immediate. In just a few months, the streets of Yijing were completely renewed, and no one dared to collect protection fees...

After rectifying the civil order and the administration of Youyan, Ye Mingsheng also began to redeem the land and encouraged the development of industry and commerce. The economic vitality of Youyan was released, and those businessmen dared to invest and do business, which also created a large number of jobs. Yijing and the economy of Youyan began to develop in a good direction! Although Murong Hui went through the rectification stage of Yijing, he did not stay in the position of Youyan Ancha Si for too long!
At that time, under the rule of the Gao family, the situation in Hebei and Henan was also very bad. The dual disasters of natural disasters and man-made disasters also caused many human tragedies in Hebei and Henan, and made many people and party members alienated from the Gao family!
Ye Mingsheng saw this opportunity and decisively sent troops to Hebei and Henan, and finally took over Hebei and Henan, the most populous region in Daqian, without any danger.

After taking over Hebei and Henan, Ye Mingsheng formulated a large-scale aid plan in order to restore the vitality of Hebei and Henan as soon as possible. On the other hand, he also selected local people who were familiar with the local conditions to govern Hebei and Henan. Then he only sent Zhang Zhiwen as deputy governor to supervise the promotion of reform in Hebei and Henan!

Ye Mingsheng thought that such a combination would allow Hebei and Henan to recover faster and better, but facts proved that Ye Mingsheng’s idea was wrong. The local governors and provincial inspectors, together with their disciples and former officials, still thought they could make a fortune as before. In order to find out the true face of this group of people, Ye Mingsheng also sent Murong Hui to investigate...

Murong Hui did not disappoint Ye Mingsheng. He quickly investigated the matter thoroughly and arrested all the T officials involved in the case. After this incident, Murong Hui was promoted by Ye Mingsheng to the position of Ji-Yu Censor because of his great contribution, and officially joined the ranks of the Fengwu Army's frontier officials.

As the Surveillance Commissioner of Hebei and Henan, Murong Hui felt that the responsibility was heavy, so he worked very hard to ensure that the public security in Hebei and Henan would continue to improve.

At that time, Murong Hui thought that he would work in the position of Ji-Yu Censor for many years, but unfortunately, things did not go as he wished, because Ye Mingsheng wanted to appoint Murong Yuliang as Ji-Yu Governor to develop the economy of Ji-Yu. It was obviously inappropriate for the uncle and nephew to be in charge of the governor and the Censor respectively, which would easily lead to gossip!
Therefore, Murong Hui had to make sacrifices again and returned to Youyan from Ji and Yu, and was transferred to the position of Youyan Censor!

Although the Censorate was not responsible for economic development, but in his position as Censor, Murong Hui was able to personally experience how rapid the development of Yijing and even the entire Youyan was. It would be an exaggeration to say that the situation changed every day, but it was not an exaggeration at all to say that the situation changed every few months or half a year. There were newly built factories everywhere, and a thriving scene everywhere!
At that time, Murong Hui also understood why Ye Mingsheng said that economy is the foundation of public security. If the economy develops well and everyone has money to earn, not many people will want to cause trouble. The same is true in the opposite direction...
It was precisely because of seeing the economic development of Yijing and even the entire Youyan, and feeling the limitations of the position of Censor under Ye Mingsheng's employment habits, that Murong Hui also had the idea of ​​serving as the Governor!
But unfortunately, there has never been a suitable opportunity to put Murong Hui's ideas into practice.

The subsequent changes directly transferred Murong Hui from the Youyan Censor to the Anqing Censor. Although they were both Censors in name and it was a transfer of the same level, considering the differences between Youyan and Anqing, everyone understood that Murong Hui was demoted!

On the day he left Yijing, Murong Hui kept encouraging himself, saying that he would return stronger sooner or later after going to Anqing.
But in fact, Murong Hui was not confident whether he could return to Yijing again!
Murong Hui understood that his transfer to Anqing was a punishment from Ye Mingsheng to the Murong family, but he was also aware that Daqian was just established and everything was in ruins, and Ye Mingsheng did not have many talents available.

Therefore, even though he had been punished for some mistakes and demoted by Ye Mingsheng, with Ye Mingsheng's character, he was not without the opportunity to return to the center of power. It was with this belief that Murong Hui worked very hard in Anqing and did not dare to slack off in the slightest!
And just as he expected, all his efforts and contributions were seen by Ye Mingsheng, and finally Ye Mingsheng gave him such a chance to reform!

When Murong Hui received Ye Mingsheng's appointment to transfer him to be the governor of Liaoyang in Anqing a few months ago, he was very excited. He, who seldom drank, made an exception and got drunk...

Although the official ranks of Anqing Censor and Liaoyang Governor are the same, but considering the differences between Governor and Censor, as well as the status of Anqing and Liaoyang in the Daqian ZZ territory, there is no doubt that being transferred from Anqing Censor to Liaoyang Governor is undoubtedly a promotion!
As long as you work hard and achieve some results as the Liaoyang governor, you will definitely have a promising future. Becoming a Daqian elder is not a dream!

When thinking of the cabinet elders of Daqian, Murong Hui's heart was filled with excitement. His father Murong Lun was the cabinet elder of Dazhou and the Minister of Revenue. In Murong Hui's opinion, if Murong Lun had not been killed by Shangguan Changgong, it would not be Cui Shao's turn to preside over the Daqian court now!

But unfortunately, things did not go as planned. Shangguan Hongyuan's last resort before his death killed Murong Lun, and the death of his father has always been an eternal pain in Murong Hui's heart. In Murong Hui's view, as long as his father's plan was successful, their Murong family would never be bullied by those bastards of the Liaoyang Gang!

Especially that old villain Cui Shao, who appears to be calm and composed on the surface, but is actually full of evil intentions behind the scenes!
In Murong Hui's opinion, he was exiled to Anqing in large part because of the interference of Cui Shao and his Cui faction. If possible, Murong Hui really wanted to stab this old fox to death with a knife!
But he has to bow his head under the eaves, as the saying goes, a little impatience will ruin a great plan. In order to be able to hold his head high one day, he must lie dormant, wait and be patient!

Just as Murong Hui was secretly warning himself in the carriage, the carriage stopped in front of Murong Hui's mansion.

Looking at the mansion he had not returned to for many years, Murong Hui was very excited and expectant. He had been married for many years and had a pair of children at home. When he was exiled to Anqing, in order to show his loyalty to Ye Mingsheng, he did not choose to bring his family to Anqing, but left his family in Yijing...
Although Murong Hui has found two women in Anqing to comfort him in his spare time in the past few years, and even had a daughter in his busy schedule, he still misses his home very much!

However, just as Murong Hui stepped out of the carriage and prepared to enter the mansion, a voice came from behind him.

"Envoy Murong, please stay!"

Murong Hui subconsciously stopped walking after hearing this, and then looked behind him, only to see a pair of officers walking towards him. Although he had not seen them for many years, Murong Hui still recognized the leader at a glance, and immediately smiled and said:
"Attendant Zhang, what can I do for you?"

Zhang Yufeng was a little surprised when he heard this and immediately asked back:
"Murong Buzheng made you still remember me?"

Murong Hui smiled and nodded slightly:
"Of course I remember that you, Zhang Shicong, worked in Youyan Censorate. You performed very well and were very capable. I wanted to promote you at that time, but unfortunately you were later transferred to the Censorate. Your departure has made Youyan Censorate lose a capable person!"

Seeing that Murong Hui remembered the matter so clearly, Zhang Yufeng was surprised, but also a little happy. He immediately exchanged greetings with Murong Hui. After the greetings, he explained his purpose and said:

"Envoy Murong, I am here on the orders of His Majesty to hand over these materials to you. His Majesty will give you three days to read through these materials at home. After three days, at 15:00, His Majesty will meet you in the Imperial Study. I hope that Envoy will be ready by then..."

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(End of this chapter)