It was late summer again, and it had been a full year since he went down the mountain. He had experienced more things in this year than he had experienced in the ten years he had been on the mountain.
Li Qing sighed a little, and instead of rushing home, he went directly to the Zhenfu Division.
The inner hall of the Yamen.
Mao Xiang was eating melon with his legs crossed. When he saw Li Qing come in, his mouth opened wide and the watermelon juice flowed out.
"You...why are you back?"
"Don't I miss you, boss?" Li Qing sat down with a smile, not treating himself as an outsider at all. He picked up the watermelon and ate it, "Well, it's so sweet, boss, you will enjoy it."
Mao Xiang gradually recovered and cursed with a smile: "You didn't say anything in advance when you came back. I was shocked."
After a pause, "Since I'm back, I'd better go to the palace to reply to the order first, and my attitude must be correct."
"That's what the boss said." Li Qing smiled and said, "Boss, please go with me."
"Um?"
"There is meat to eat." Li Qing blinked.
Mao Xiang was stunned for a moment, and then he understood, but he still didn't understand. "How can you get anything out of spying on the vassal king?"
"Yuanren!"
"Yuan Ren..." Mao Xiang's eyes lit up and he stood up quickly, "Let's go, let's go."
He patted Li Qing's shoulder with his big hand, not to mention being affectionate, "You're still okay, I could tell from the first moment I saw you."
Li Qing: "..."
…
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Zhu Yuanzhang and his son were reviewing the memorial. When they saw the two of them coming hand in hand, they both looked surprised.
"Li Qing, why are you back?"
"The matter is urgent!" Li Qing cupped his hands and said, "I have no time to ask for instructions, so please forgive me."
"Is it important?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed and he said angrily, "But King Yan also did something harmful to the people?"
"It's not the King of Yan, it's the Yuan people." Li Qing took out the terrain map compiled by the nine teams, "Your Majesty, I have found the main force of the Yuan people."
"What?"
Zhu Yuanzhang sat up in shock. Zhu Biao was also filled with surprises and quickly stepped forward to observe the topographic map carefully.
"The route to the main force of the Yuan people is marked with a red line." Li Qing introduced the father and son, "According to investigation, the number of Yuan people here is about 30,000 to 50,000, and there may be more. Just in case, we
The subordinates didn't get close, so they could only get a rough idea..."
"Okay, okay!"
Zhu Yuanzhang touched the map as if touching a rare treasure and said excitedly, "How did you get this map?"
"It was done step by step by my subordinates, stroke by stroke." Li Qing did not take any credit, but said truthfully, "It took 900 people, four months, and the final summary."
"Reward!"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but be overjoyed. Not only did he discover the main force of the Yuan people, but he also found this topographic map. The painting was too detailed. With this thing, the Ming army would no longer be blind when entering Mobei.
When fighting a war, especially when sending troops outside the fortress, the map is very important.
Zhu Biao glanced at Li Qing with admiration and said with a smile: "My father has already sent people to go deep into Mobei to draw a map, but he has never made much progress. I never thought that you could draw such a detailed map in just half a year.
"
"His Royal Highness, you are so complimentary. This is all my responsibility." Li Qing said reservedly.
Then, he added in his mind: You are too stingy and reluctant to spend money. If the money had been available, the map would have been drawn long ago.
"Gong is merit, there is no need to be humble!"
Zhu Yuanzhang pulled his eyes away from the map and looked at Li Qing with an expression of admiration, "Tell me, if you want any reward, just say it, we will accept it."
Here comes this trick again, can't you just reward it?
I'm so convinced!
"Well... Your Majesty." Li Qingqian smiled and said, "I won't say whether I will reward you or not. I have a debt here that I need you to reimburse."
"Reimbursement?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed dumbly, "Sure, you say."
Li Qing explained in detail Jin Yiwei's treatment for the business trip, "The salary subsidy this time cost a total of 21,600 taels. In addition to the reward that I promised to give to the performance team, the total amount is more than 25,000 taels.
The emperor previously allocated 50,000 taels, but after excluding these expenses and the regular salaries of other subordinates over the past six months, there is less than 8,000 taels left."
He smiled sheepishly and said, "The remaining funds in my hand are only enough to pay for another two months of salary. Your Majesty, can you give me more funds?"
Zhu Yuanzhang:(⊙_⊙)?
900 people, four months, and a salary of more than 25,000 taels?
You are such a damn good spender!
But to be fair, the more than 25,000 taels was the real value, and he could accept it even if it was ten times more.
Although Lao Zhu is stingy, he is not confused about major matters, "No problem, we will grant you 20,000 yuan in funding later, and you will make an account later and give it to Mao Xiang for verification."
"I obey the decree."
In order to maintain Jinyiwei's independence, Jinyiwei's salary is not received from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but is distributed to subordinates by Jinyiwei's senior officials.
However, it still needs to be recorded in the accounts, and there are also special Jinyiwei to check the salary distribution issues, but they have nothing to do with the Sixth Department.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Tell me, what reward do you want?"
"..." Li Qing said helplessly, "I eat the emperor's salary to share the emperor's worries, and I dare not ask for extravagant rewards."
"It's really hypocritical to let you say it but not say it." Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and scolded, "Well, don't you love eating and drinking? Then I will reward you with ten thousand taels and spend it as you like."
After a pause, he took off the Tuanlong Jade Pendant he carried with him, "I'll reward you with this too."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Qing took it and put it into his pocket, making Mao Xiang envious.
However, as the leader of the Jinyiwei, Mao Xiang has made such great contributions to the Jinyiwei, so he naturally has something to eat. In addition to praise, he also received a lot of rewards.
Zhu Yuanzhang was in a very good mood, "It's still early, Li Qing, please accompany us out."
With that said, he said to Zhu Biao, "Biao'er, please handle the memorial together!"
Zhu Biao nodded helplessly, "I obey the order."
Seeing that Lao Zhu was in a good mood, Li Qing said, "I still have some official business to report to the Emperor."
"What official business?"
"About the four feudal lords."
"Yes, it's accurate."
Li Qing cupped his hands and said, "Everything is peaceful over there with the King of Qin. The King of Jin... did some illegal things, including occupying people's fields and houses, but he also gave corresponding compensation to the people, but the people still suffered."
"It's time for the third child to hammer." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.
"The King of Zhou was very charitable and treated the people very well." Li Qing continued, "The King of Zhou loved reading and was particularly interested in medical books. In the early summer, the King of Zhou summoned the famous doctors in the vassal area and wrote two volumes of "Baosheng Yulu"
, the response has been excellent.”
Among the several vassal kings, the character of King Zhou Zhu was far ahead, and he could be called a truly good vassal king!
"Ju'er has a gentle personality and is a kindhearted person." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.
Zhu Biao also smiled and said, "The fifth brother can be called a wise king."
"Where is King Yan?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.
"King Yan is not close to the people, but he has not done anything harmful to the people, and he is at peace with the people." Li Qing replied truthfully, "However, King Yan seems to be very interested in Buddhism recently and often goes to Qingshou Temple next to the palace.
, and often invite the abbot of the temple into his residence."
As he spoke, he said in a joking tone, "It's mysterious. I don't know what I'm doing. It's like it's shady."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes narrowed and he suddenly looked at Li Qing, only to see that he had a funny look on his face. He shook his head slightly, looking confused, but then he was relieved.
He laughed and scolded: "You can't speak without thinking, please be more careful in the future!"
"Uh...yes, yes, I'm scared." Li Qing smiled and said yes.
But he sighed secretly in his heart: Lao Zhu really didn’t believe it.
Zhu Biao didn't even reveal his strangeness, obviously he didn't think about it at all.
What Li Qing said was the limit. It was hard for him to be too clear, because Zhu Di did not commit any treason.
As for whether he has any ideas...the ideas are in people's minds, how can he know where to go?
"Okay, come with us to go out." Zhu Yuanzhang put away the map and walked out of the hall first.
Li Qing cupped his hands towards Zhu Biao and turned to follow.
…
"Your Majesty, where are you going?"
"The Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei."
Li Qing was startled and went to find Xu Da?
Did Lao Zhu want Xu Da to take command and conquer Beiyuan?
It shouldn't be. Xu Da can't even walk well, and his body and bones are far inferior to that of Lao Zhu. Can he still go on an expedition?