Liu Mingzhi had just walked out of the cabinet door while shaking his jade fan, when Wang Hezheng, the minister of Honglu Temple, walked towards the cabinet door holding several documents in his hands.
When Wang Hezheng saw Mr. Liu who was about to walk down the steps, he was stunned for a moment. After he realized what he was doing, he hurriedly greeted him and bowed.
"Your Majesty? I see you, your Majesty. Long live my emperor."
"No gifts."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
"Wang Aiqing, what a coincidence. I was just thinking about going to find you, but you immediately appeared in front of me."
"Don't dare, don't dare. If your Majesty has something to do and summons the old minister, you only need to send someone to inform the old minister."
Liu Mingzhi glanced at some of the documents in Wang Hezheng's hand, then turned slightly sideways and gestured to the cabinet door.
"You must have some government affairs when you enter the palace now, right? Why don't you go to the cabinet first, and we can talk about it after you come out."
Wang Hezheng looked down at the document in his hand and waved his hand with a smile.
"Your Majesty, these documents are not important government affairs.
Anyway, these documents will eventually be presented to Your Majesty for your review, so I might as well give you a brief report on their contents.
If Your Majesty feels that there is no need to review it personally, I will not send anyone to send it to you."
"That's fine. It's really easier this way. Can you briefly tell us about these documents?"
Wang Hezheng casually picked out two documents and handed them to Young Master Liu: "Your Majesty, these two documents are the follow-up matters of Siam, Baekje and other countries opening stalls in Changshunfang in the outer city.
The Shifang Division under the Ministry of Revenue passed the instructions and forwarded them to the veteran. After the veteran reviewed it, he is preparing to submit it to the cabinet."
Liu Mingzhi took the official document, flipped through it casually, and then closed it.
"For such a small matter, is it worth asking the minister of Honglu Temple to make a trip in person? Just send someone to do it."
Wang Hezheng smiled lightly and shook his head, then handed the remaining three books to Liu Mingzhi.
"If it's just such a small matter, naturally there is no need for the veteran to come to the cabinet in person. Aren't there other matters?
Your Majesty, the matters in these three documents are about the Japanese mission and the Goguryeo mission.
In the past few days, the principal and deputy envoys of the two countries have come to Lao Chen several times.
The principal and deputy envoys of the Japanese mission went to Lao Chen to inquire about the military equipment that would be given to their mission. The envoy from Goguryeo went to Lao Chen in the hope that Lao Chen could help them build a bridge and make an appointment with Song Shangshu of the Ministry of War.
Together with Yang Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and two others.
As the minister of Honglu Temple, this is my duty.
The old minister first went to the residence of Song Shangshu and his family, and learned that they had entered the palace early in the morning to come to the cabinet.
Therefore, the old minister had no choice but to come to the palace in person.
It doesn’t matter whether Song Shangshu and others agree to the meeting with the Goguryeo envoy, the old minister must at least convey the message."
Liu Mingzhi took the document and carefully read the contents typed on it. After closing the document, he looked at Wang Hezheng with amusement, who was smiling lightly.
"What's your job?"
"Yes, it's your duty."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wang Hezheng thoughtfully, snorted with a slight smile, and put his hands behind his back casually.
"You old guy, you didn't miss the benefits of accepting the envoys of the two countries, right?"
Wang Hezheng's cheerful expression froze slightly, and he laughed bitterly.
"Your Majesty is wise, a little bit, only a little bit.
Your Majesty, there is nothing I can do about this. I won't accept it at all. On the contrary, they become more and more worried and insist on pleading with me to accept their benefits.
In the end, the old minister really couldn't shirk it, so he had to accept a little bit."
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a moment with a half-smile, then squinted his eyes and glanced at Wang Hezheng's somewhat nervous look.
"Old Wang."
"The old minister is here, the old minister is here."
"I am naturally aware of some unwritten rules, and I will not ask, nor am I too lazy to ask.
However, as the saying goes, you are prone to gaffes after drinking. You are a measured person and you should know what you can and cannot say.
Therefore, when dealing with envoys from various countries, try not to drink too much if you can.
I won’t go into details, you should understand what I mean.
"Yes, yes, I understand, I understand."
"Okay, these documents do not need to be verified by the cabinet. I will keep them directly. You can go find Song Shangshu and others."
"Your Majesty, how should I reply to the Japanese mission?"
"Let them continue to wait for me or the imperial court to return. As for how to put it nicely, this is your ability to eat, the minister of Honglu Temple. I shouldn't need to call you, right?"
"No, no, no, I know what to do."
"Okay, then I'll go back first."
"I respectfully send you to Your Majesty."
After Liu Mingzhi's figure gradually faded away, Wang Hezheng wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sad expression.
"Huh, His Majesty's power is really getting stronger and stronger."
Wang Hezheng sighed to himself, turned around and walked towards the cabinet.
After Liu Mingzhi left the palace, he rushed straight to the Penglai Restaurant run by the Xue Bizhu sisters.
"Bizhu."
"Husband, why did you leave the palace so quickly?"
"After the matter has been dealt with, there is no point in continuing to stay in the palace, so I just came out."
"Okay, husband, are you thirsty? I will give you a cup of tea."
"No, I have nothing to do. You ask Erniu and the others to take out my stall so that I can earn some money for tea."
"Hey, I know it."
After about a minute of tea, Liu Mingzhi picked up the pot and poured a cup of hot tea, then turned around and slept on the set-up recliner.
Liu Mingzhi glanced lazily at the pedestrians coming and going on the street. When he saw that no one wanted to come over to tell fortunes, he gently narrowed his eyes and fell asleep.
Three days later, Liu Mansion study room.
"Qier, please see the young master."
"come in."
"yes."
Liu Mingzhi saw the beauty's ethereal figure leaping in from the window, he put down the ink pen in his hand and stretched.
"The bird meets the young master."
"No gift."
"Thank you, Master."
Liu Mingzhi took some tea to moisten his throat, leaned on the chair and looked at Suzaku beside him.
"Qier, what's the matter?"
"Back to the young master, Mr. Lu has made new progress regarding the Japanese mission."
Liu Mingzhi looked happy and raised his hand directly in front of the beauty.
"Bring it here quickly."
Suzaku immediately took out a folded piece of rice paper from his sleeve and handed it directly to Liu Mingzhi's hand.
"Master, please take a look."
Liu Mingzhi flipped through the rice paper casually, lowering his eyes slightly to read the content on it.
When Liu Mingzhi saw the content recorded on the rice paper, the expression on his face gradually changed.
From the initial indifference to surprise, and then from surprise to curiosity, curiosity is also mixed with a little surprise and uncertainty.
Eventually it turned into teasing and fun.
Liu Mingzhi closed the document in his hand and threw it casually on the table with a sneer.
"Hehehe, interesting, things are getting more and more interesting.
He actually didn't even tell Hoshino, his biological sister, about his true situation.
Such a deep and scheming person, this is the Kazuko Sakai in my impression.
Fortunately, I am cautious enough.
otherwise--
You, Ichiko Sakai, really managed to hide this from you!"
"Young Master, the Japanese envoy dared to deceive the Young Master like this. He deserves death.
Should we immediately dispatch troops and horses to Honglu Temple and detain all members of the Japanese mission on the spot?"