Chapter 129: The fierce conflict between Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi
"Chen Leyi..."
Li Qian picked up the yellow porcelain dragon-patterned cup on the table and took a sip, but he still felt a little heavy.
Li Qian felt his scalp go numb when he thought that he still had to practice Ba Duan Jin today, as well as so many memorials that had been squeezed out before, he still had to revise his own inscriptions, and he still had to meet his concubine.
Good guy, when did this kind of life begin?
Didn’t you come here to be an emperor and enjoy the blessings? Why does the current painting style seem to be wrong? It’s back to the previous 996?
Sighing, he still managed to cheer up: "Then let's go see her, but it will have to be at night."
I'll finish the memorial and Baduanjin in the afternoon first, and I'll see her again when I return to the palace in the evening.
"Yes, Your Majesty." After Wu Meiniang agreed, Lu Zhi moved aside the backlog of memorials.
The ones Qin Hui sent back were almost finished, with only the last few copies left.
Li Qian opened the top one and saw that it looked familiar.
Isn't this the memorial of the "Fire Dragon Burning the Cang" in Longxi County?
Li Qian looked over what Wu Meiniang and Lu Fei had written about Qin Hui that day. The advice Qin Hui gave that day was that this matter was too strange. The county governor Song Min had done many misdeeds during his tenure, and he had to be sent back to Beijing to report on his duties. Xing asked about the burning of Chang Pingcang.
Recalling Jing directly...isn't it a bit of a fuss?
Li Qian frowned. Although the governor's suspicion was high enough, nothing had been decided yet, so asking him to return to the capital rashly seemed like an overreaction.
Thinking of this, Li Qian looked around and asked, "Do you two dear concubines think I should call this man back?"
Lu Pheasant thought for a while, then summoned up the courage to speak first: "Your Majesty, I thought that just because of a suspicion that I didn't know whether it was true or not, I summoned the county governor to the capital for questioning, which was a bit of a fuss."
"Longxi is located in a strategic location. At this time when people are in panic, if we rashly recall the county governor, it may upset the people's minds."
"Moreover, maybe this is because Prime Minister Qin wants to eliminate dissidents and put his people in power."
Li Qian nodded silently, and Lu Zhi basically considered all the points, especially the last point.
What if the burning of Chang Pingcang was an accident, and Song Min was a good official, so he was summoned back to the capital rashly, and a good man was wrongly accused?
But on the other side, when Wu Meiniang heard this, a smile appeared on her lips: "Your Majesty, I think it would be better to recall this person to Beijing for interrogation."
"Um?"
Li Qian turned to look at her again: "Meiniang, tell me what you think."
Wu Meiniang first followed Li Qian to approve the memorial for three days, so she thought she knew him better.
"Your Majesty, I think you should not focus on whether Prime Minister Qin wants to eliminate dissidents, but whether there is any problem with Song Min, the governor of Longxi County."
"If the fire dragon burning the warehouse was really done by him to cover up his losses, then he is a corrupt official and should be dismissed no matter what."
"Even if he didn't do it intentionally, then the burning of the position was a dereliction of duty on his part."
"As a county chief, at this critical moment, he actually caused several changping warehouses in the county to be burned down."
"Such a careless person should obviously no longer hold the position of county governor. He should be ordered back to the capital immediately."
Li Qian was silent, while Wu Meiniang considered it from another angle.
This Song Min allowed the food to be burned. He is either incompetent or corrupt. He can no longer be tolerated.
Li Qian turned to look at Lu Pheasant again and asked with a smile: "Eshen, how do you feel now?"
E-姁 is the character for Lu Pheasant.
With a gentle smile on her pretty face, she said to Li Qian: "Replying to Your Majesty, I have heard before that people make mistakes and horses stumble."
"If the governor of Longxi is recalled to the capital, if it is just an accident, on the one hand, it will cause the court to lose face, and on the other hand, it may also chill the hearts of loyal people."
"It would be safer to wait until the investigation is clear before making a decision."
"No."
Wu Meiniang shook her head and looked at Li Qian with a smile: "Your Majesty, I feel that this person must be punished."
"If this is allowed to be exposed, people in other counties may follow suit. Changpingcang in various places will be burned down, and the world may be in chaos."
Lu Pheasant argued: "Your Majesty, I think that I can't deny his great achievements with small faults. It would be a pity if I really buried a good official."
"It's not said that he will be buried. He can be demoted temporarily. If this person is really a talented person, why worry about not being able to make meritorious deeds? There will be a day when he can make a comeback in the future..."
Listening to the debate between the two women, Li Qian's thoughts were already far away.
He was thinking about what benefits he could get from it.
If he returns to Beijing and asks if he is really responsible for burning the warehouse, there will be reason to remove him from his position.
The position of Longxi County Sheriff is vacant, can Gao Shilian be sent there?
A few days ago, He Shen sent over the documents on the appointment status of various county governors, but Li Qian didn't see anything suitable on it.
Those places close to the capital and in good locations are firmly occupied, and only a few remote counties are nearing the end of their term as governors.
But if Gao Shilian's old body and bones were removed, it would shorten his life. I'm afraid he might not be able to work for three years.
But Longxi is different!!
This place is to the west of Jingzhao Prefecture, the county is close to the Wei River, and it is at the key point of the Silk Road. It is the only way for merchants from the Western Regions to trade in the capital, and it is very prosperous.
If we can get Gao Shilian there, it seems... quite suitable?
But, even if Song Min comes down, can Gao Shilian go up?
Now that He Shen has left the capital, no one will help him run the business. I'm afraid it's going to be quite difficult...
Li Qian's fingers subconsciously rubbed the barrel of the brush, weighing the pros and cons.
Suddenly, he straightened his back, and Lu Pheasant and Wu Meiniang, who were arguing softly, immediately fell silent.
"It's better to call him back first."
Li Qian revised his Zhu Pi on this memorial.
How do you know if you don't try?
Anyway, the disaster relief place for Yan Song and He Shen is not far from the capital. At worst, we will bring him back at that time, or have him come back with his documents.
Wu Meiniang is on the left, her warm red lips slightly curved, but she doesn't say much.
Lu Pheasant bit her lip lightly and lowered her head slightly.
Li Qian glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "The position of Longxi County Sheriff is too important. This Song Min is either stupid or bad. If I want someone else to take the post of County Sheriff, he is not suitable." "
Wu Meiniang suddenly understood and nodded lightly, so that was it.
Lu Zhi nodded silently, and the smile returned to his pretty face.
However, she also vaguely realized that she lost a lot this time, probably not just because His Majesty had other plans.
It's because Wu Meiniang knows His Majesty better than herself.
Just like when she expressed her opinion just now, she thought it through safely.
But Wu Meiniang seems to have said that based on His Majesty's temperament. Otherwise, why would she be so proud?
Li Qian also realized the subtle atmosphere between the two of them. He smiled and said: "When I ask, you can say whatever you want."
"It doesn't matter if it's wrong, I just hope you have different ideas from me."
"If you two think the same as me, then wouldn't the three of us be the same person?"
Li Qian hoped that his two secretaries would help him develop his thinking and handle government affairs.
Instead of hoping that the two of them will try to figure out their own ideas and agree with themselves.
The two of them also understood what Li Qian meant. Wu Meiniang smiled and returned: "Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."
"I understand, too." Lu Zhi returned softly.
Although I say this now, the conflict between the two will probably never disappear.
Even if His Majesty the Emperor gives advice, there must be a hierarchy, right?
Read all the following memorials. In this way, all the memorials sent back by Qin Hui will be processed.
Li Gan stretched out, breathed a long sigh of relief, and lay down on the chair.
However, when he looked at the other side of the table, he frowned again.
I felt relieved to be absent from work for a while, and then I finished working at the crematorium.
Yesterday we spent a happy day in the imperial garden with the concubines, and there was a backlog of memorials that had not been processed for a day. In addition, the revision of the Zhu batches in the previous two days also left a small part of the memorials, so the memorials to be processed today were directly There are so many.
But if the approval cannot be completed today, Qin Hui will come again tomorrow to discuss the erroneous memorials...
996 can still have a day off? I can’t even have a day off?
Li Qian helplessly held his forehead, what's the matter with riding a horse?
From now on, there will be memorials every day, so don’t I have a day off all year round? I will be exhausted sooner or later!
No wonder the emperors in previous lives relied on prime ministers and cabinets.
Is it possible to put all the problems of a country on one person?
There were over two hundred memorials a day. Even though there were many memorials that talked about big things, Li Qian couldn't make up his mind. There were many memorials about small things that he just approved and read.
What's left is enough for him to drink a pot.
No wonder so many emperors in previous lives had to ask the prime minister and cabinet to help handle government affairs, because one person was really too busy.
Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi thought he was tired again, so they rubbed his temples distressedly.
Li Qian closed his eyes and rested his mind, but in his mind he thought of the back cabinet and voting system that he had conceived.
The so-called drafting means that before the memorial is sent to the emperor for approval, someone else writes their opinions on a small note, and then affixes it to the memorial and sends it to the emperor for reference.
The emperor may or may not use his opinions on the draft.
In this way, the emperor's workload can be greatly reduced.
He opened his eyes and looked at Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi in front of him. Can they take on this responsibility now?
If the voting process really starts, how should this matter be kept hidden from outsiders?
After you use up those receipts, just burn them on fire?
Li Qian thought about it for a while and decided to put it aside for now.
Nowadays, there are too many informants in the palace, and it is easy for the news to spread.
This matter may not be considered big, but it is definitely not small either.
His Majesty the Emperor actually created a system on his own in the palace, which will inevitably make the civil servants vigilant and resist.
And the concubine's handling of government affairs will directly cause an uproar among the people.
Even the faint king is not so faint.
Li Qian rubbed his brows, took the memorials on the table and started reading them one by one.
As for the voting process... let’s wait a little longer.
Now Wu Meiniang and Lu Fei are still a little immature, and he, the emperor, is also very immature. It is best to discuss everything together.
In the future, when the three of them become more proficient in government affairs, they may be able to use a more efficient method.
By the way, there is also Xi Shi. You should take some time to visit her...
In busy times, the afternoon flies by.
There are more than half of the memorials left on the table, but Wu Meiniang and Lu Zhi are no longer here.
Replaced by Lu Bu and Li Qian who was awkwardly doing Baduanjin.
He lifted his left leg with both hands and pulled it up hard, until his face turned red.
Lu Bu was supporting him and helping him maintain balance.
"Father, hold on, go up a little bit."
Lu Bu kept cheering Li Qian up.
But Li Qian just raised his heels to the same height as his head and couldn't pull them up anymore.
"Huh~"
He put down his legs and took a few deep breaths.
Although he still couldn't fully complete the first form, Li Qian could clearly feel his progress during this period.
If he had been placed before Lu Bu pulled out his tendons, Li Qian would never have been able to pull his feet up to his head.
Because he felt progress, he became more and more enthusiastic.
"I'll pull it out a little longer today, please."
Li Qian is like a man who is not satisfied with his desires... well, he is a man who is not satisfied with his desires.
Playing happily with his concubines every day these days has already made him feel weak.
Practicing this thing will always make you more motivated, right?
Li Qian lay on the couch, closed his eyes and rested his mind, letting Lu Bu stretch his muscles and bones.
"Fengxian, you've been helping me pull my tendons every day these days. It's really hard on you."
Lu Bu was trying hard to pull it out, but his hands trembled when he heard this.
"Father..."
"Big companion, go and collect five thousand taels of silver from your own pocket to reward Fengxian." Li Qian suddenly said.
"ah?"
Lu Bu was stunned. What was going on?
The old eunuch was not surprised and responded immediately: "Yes, Your Majesty."
During this time, Li Qian has thought of countless ways to cash out internal funds, but the results have not been satisfactory.
The people sent by Tang Guogong were very strict and had to supervise everything, causing Li Qian's many attempts to fail.
Until last time, Li Qian found a way that was unlikely to make them refuse.
reward.
If the people below have merit, the emperor will reward them with money. Is that okay?
The general manager of the internal funds sent by Duke Guo of Tang initially used the reward money from the treasury as a prevarication, but Li Qian said, I am willing to use the reward money from the internal funds!
The other side couldn't deal with it for a while, and started crying about poverty again.
Your Majesty, we are almost out of money. You can reward me, but can you reward me less?
Credit goes to credit, you can't reward him with all the money you have in your pocket!
Li Qian didn't like to do anything too extreme, so when he saw his wife taking a step back, he also took a step back.
If you can't reward more than 30,000 taels, then let's reward the old eunuch 10,000 taels first.
After all, he works hard for me every day, arranging everything, and helping me manage the small treasury...cross out this last one.
The treasurer is still crying, Your Majesty, please have mercy on us.
We have managed the internal funds for you and the late emperor for so many years. Now the internal funds are extremely clean and clean. There is no eunuch to interfere with it. There is no merit but hard work!
If we were to withdraw so much money and reward all at once, we wouldn’t be able to explain it!
Li Qian ignored the cries of this group of people.
Do you still have the nerve to cry while riding a horse?
The annual income of internal funds must be more than two million taels, right?
Let you manage it until there is only thirty thousand taels of silver left. No matter how much money is collected, it will be of no use?
It’s better to let the eunuchs be greedy!
It's not like Li Qian didn't know that these people took his money and secretly supplied it to Duke Tang.
Therefore, he planned to reward a little bit of this today and a little bit of that tomorrow. Sooner or later, he would empty out his money and get back the ownership of the money.
Lu Bu didn't know Li Qian's plan. The incident happened so suddenly that he didn't dare to ask for it.
For Lu Bu, this was truly a windfall, and it was the kind that could make him dizzy.
But why did the adoptive father suddenly reward me with money?
Could it be that he doesn’t plan to let me help him practice Baduanjin in the future?
Lu Bu took half a step back and said in a very aggrieved manner: "Father, Bu serves his foster father because of his loyalty... no, filial piety. If his foster father rewards him with money again, Bu will feel guilty!"
"Just take what His Majesty gives you!" the old eunuch reminded kindly.
However, seeing what he said, Lu Bu didn't dare to ask for it.
This eunuch must be harming me!!
"Just take it."
Li Qian got up from the couch and said seriously: "Fengxian."
"When I was in the East Palace, my life was not very good, but now that I have ascended the throne, it is naturally different from what it used to be."
Lu Bu looked at him in astonishment.
"You are my adopted son. I am living a good life now, so I cannot let you live a miserable life!"
Li Qian solemnly said: "Fengxian, your good days are coming soon!"
This is not a painting, Li Qian really takes this guy seriously.
After all, Lu Bu was extremely powerful and protected his life.
If one day he is bribed by someone, and he strikes out at his adoptive father, it will be Li Qian who cries.
Therefore, after he rewarded the old eunuch, the next thing he thought of was Lu Bu.
"Good times are coming..."
Lu Bu opened his mouth and murmured, his vision already somewhat blurred.
Not because of the money, but because of Li Qian's words.
After struggling for so long, finally got through to the good days??
"Why don't you thank me quickly?"
The old eunuch kicked Lu Bu's calf and looked at him with contempt.
Really worthless and ignorant.
How can you be so stupid with so little money?
The old eunuch had completely forgotten that when he heard that the reward was ten thousand taels, he was pinched by the young eunuch below.
"Thank you to my adoptive father."
Lu Bu knelt down on one knee and leaned over heavily: "Bu will definitely go through fire and water for his adopted father, and he will not hesitate to do so..."
"okay."
Li Qian smiled and waved his hands: "I'm not rewarding you just to listen to your words. Get up and pull your muscles quickly!"
"Yes, foster father!"
Lu Bu stood up abruptly, wiped his eyes, and felt energetic all over his body: "Bu must help my foster father pull it out, pull it out hard!"
The old eunuch did not forget to come over to stumbling him in a mean manner: "When you didn't get rewarded before, why didn't you pull it out properly?"
"Get out! Your saliva is all sprayed on my face!" Lu Bu wiped his face and became furious.
…
After finishing his work in Ziwei Palace, Li Qian returned to his Eternal Life Palace.
Chen Leyi has been waiting here for a day since this morning. However, instead of getting upset by the wait, she became happier as she waited. She even looked forward to His Majesty the Emperor coming back after dark.
After all, it's getting dark, so maybe His Majesty can let him sleep here, or maybe... that's all.
So, when Li Qian came back, he saw Wu Meiniang, Lu Pheasant, and Chen Leyi, who was so excited that his eyes almost gleamed.
"I have met Your Majesty." The three of them bowed and saluted.
The three women each have their own merits. The most distinctive feature of Wu Meiniang is her pair of red and phoenix eyes, which are awe-inspiring. Lu Pheasant, on the other hand, has a certain style of Xiaojiabiyu, who becomes more and more attractive the more she looks at her. She has an impressive advantage.
Chen Leyi, who is standing at the very back, is cute and cute, with curved eyebrows, a small nose, and hair that just reaches her shoulders, which adds to her a capable temperament.
After the four of them had dinner, both Wu Meiniang and Lu Pheasant made excuses to leave. Li Qian smiled and said to Chen Leyi, "Did Concubine Chen bring some new fabrics for me to see?"
Chen Leyi said cheerfully: "Your Majesty, I have brought you some nice things."
"oh?"
Li Qian was stunned. He didn't expect it to be true. He immediately became interested: "Does it look better than yesterday's fabric?"
"It's not new fabric, it's more exciting than fabric." Chen Leyi replied shyly.
"this……"
Li Qian was startled. Why did he feel something was wrong?
"Let me put it in the room where I rest in the afternoon, and I will take you to see it."
Chen Leyi was a little careless, so she took Li Qian's hand and started to leave.
Li Qian followed her to a side room in the palace, where there were benches, tables, tea tables and other items for people to rest.
After entering, Chen Leyi asked him to sit on the chair in front of the tea table.
"Your Majesty, this is what I brought you." Chen Leyi pointed to a stack of papers on the table.
Li Qian opened it and saw that there were various geometric figures and straight lines on it, as if they were drawings.
Chen Leyi said warmly: "This is the drawing of the loom I improved myself. With this loom, it will be easy to weave those complicated loose flower damasks and blue cloud brocades."
Li Qian flipped it a few times and looked up at her funnyly: "What do you mean by giving me this?"
"These types of brocade have never appeared on the market, and even if they did, they couldn't be produced in large quantities."
Chen Leyi grabbed Li Qian's hand and said softly: "Now that your Majesty has this loom, he can send the weaving bureau to weave this brocade alone, which can make countless profits."
"Although His Majesty is rich all over the world, this thing is also a little bit of my heart."
Li Qian pondered for a moment, and what Chen Leyi said did make sense.
If no one else can mass-produce these types of brocades and only he can, it represents a monopoly.
And monopoly means huge profits.
Especially now that there are so many businessmen from the central and western regions in the capital.
This trade route connecting China and the West is called the Silk Road because the best-selling commodity on it is silk.
If we really had a monopoly on such a gorgeous silk, it would be no exaggeration to say that we could make huge profits, which made Li Qian very excited.
He doesn't want to care about improving the overall national strength now, he just wants to make money.
Everything requires money. If there is no money, improving national strength will only make it easier for others in the end.
Of course, compared to the money he could potentially earn, Li Qian valued Chen Leyi in front of him more.
Being able to improve this loom at such a young age, who can predict her subsequent achievements?
Every improvement in the loom may mean a lot of wealth.
This is the real treasure of talent.
With a smile on his face, Li Qian looked up at the talented girl in front of him: "Is this the beautiful thing you showed me?"
"Ah?" Chen Leyi was startled, not understanding what this meant.
She has already given away how to make the loom, what else does your Majesty want?
Li Qian stood up and took her into his arms, saying softly: "I thought there was something more exciting, but this drawing is a bit inferior."
Chen Leyi blushed and seemed to understand what he said: "Actually... there is something better..."
"Let me take a look." Li Qian looked down at her.
"Your Majesty..." Chen Leyi blushed and buried her head in his arms.
"Let me see." Li Qian smiled and took off the jade hairpin from her head.