Chapter five hundred and seventeen what do you think
Li Zheng frowned and looked at Liu Mingzhi: "No, you have something on your mind, why don't you talk to me?"
"I really have nothing on my mind. I was just thinking about something after I went to the Jin Kingdom and the Turks as an envoy."
"sit down."
Liu Mingzhi placed the watermelon on the table: "Thank you, Your Majesty."
Li Zheng leaned on the dragon chair and looked at Liu Mingzhi curiously: "What are you thinking about?"
"I am thinking that once the commercial war is effective, the trade between the Jin Kingdom and the Turks will be suppressed by the dragon. At that time, there will be no trouble. Your Majesty can easily destroy the two countries. However, I don't know how your Majesty will deal with the people of the Jin Kingdom and the Turks.
, I dare to ask, your majesty, please forgive me."
Hearing this, Li Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Liu Mingzhi with an incomprehensible expression: "In your opinion, how should I deal with it?"
"Your Majesty is the master of the world. How can I dare to make decisions for Your Majesty? Your Majesty, you'd better not make things difficult for me."
"Some ministers suggested that I eradicate the roots to avoid future troubles. What do you think?"
Liu Mingzhi's heart trembled and he chuckled twice: "I wonder which adult made the suggestion?"
"Tong Aiqing!"
"Childlike appearance?"
"That's right. Tong Aiqing is familiar with the books of sages and has always respected the Confucian concept that people who are not our race must have different hearts. If one day we can pacify the Jin Kingdom and the Turks, we must eradicate them to avoid future troubles."
"May I ask what Prime Minister Wei means?"
"Love without aggression, gather the strengths of hundreds of families, and bring the Jin Kingdom and the Turkic people under the rule of Dalong."
"oh!"
Liu Mingzhi nodded lightly.
"Liu Aiqing, in your opinion, whose advice from the two Aiqings is better?"
"I can't afford to offend Tong Xiangchen, nor can I offend Wei Xiangchen. I remain neutral and believe that Your Majesty will make his own decision."
Li Zheng was stunned and chuckled: "You are so cunning."
"In order to protect myself, I have no choice but to avoid offending you. Otherwise, if the two adults just move their fingers, I can drink a pot of it."
Liu Mingzhi sighed self-deprecatingly.
Li Zheng narrowed his eyes: "You are so afraid of two beloved ministers. You are officials in the same dynasty, and as nobles of the same party. Even if I deal with you, you must have sufficient evidence to convince the public. What should you fear from these two beloved ministers?"
Liu Mingzhi raised an imperceptible chuckle at the corner of his mouth: "The two gentlemen are important ministers under one person and above ten thousand people. No one in the civil and military circles of the dynasty dares to offend. Not to mention the ministers, even the six ministers will act based on their faces. Although
Don’t be afraid, but treat it with caution.”
Li Zheng's smile gradually turned serious, and he glanced at Liu Mingzhi, who was nodding and lowering his eyebrows, tapping his fingers silently on the table, wondering what he was thinking about.
After a moment, Li Zheng smiled lightly and shook his head: "Liu Aiqing, since you have already gone to court, don't talk about these things. Let me see what good things you brought!"
"Your Majesty, please."
"how to eat?"
"I'd like to ask Mr. Zhou to get a knife. Just cut it and it's ready to eat."
Li Zheng nodded gently, and Zhou Fei did not hesitate to take out a dagger from his sleeve and put it on the table: "Master Liu, if you can help me, you can do it yourself, and neither can we."
"No problem, I'll come in person."
In front of Zhou Fei, Liu Mingzhi always calls himself me, and does not call himself his official like the civil and military officials.
Compared with those civil and military officials who looked down on eunuchs, Liu Mingzhi felt that people like Zhou Fei were quite pitiful. They lacked the symbol of men. What fun would there be in living in this life?
According to Liu Mingzhi's understanding, people who join the palace as eunuchs are either greedy for power, or they have no choice but to join the palace as eunuchs to beg for a share of food.
In comparison, the latter are mostly the latter, and most of them come from poor families who cannot afford to eat and are sent to the palace by their parents to find a way to survive as eunuchs.
Zhou Fei could naturally see Liu Mingzhi's name, and felt warm in his heart. It turned out that not everyone regarded him as a castrated dog that was causing harm to the country.
Liu Mingzhi sighed and skillfully cut the watermelon into seven or eight pieces.
"Your Majesty, I'm sorry."
Liu Mingzhi consciously picked up a piece of watermelon and ate it completely. He wiped his hands before picking up a piece of watermelon and handed it to Li Zheng to taste.
Li Zheng nodded with satisfaction. This was what he liked about Young Master Liu. Although he was extremely smart, he knew how to advance and retreat, and he especially had a good eye.
Although it sometimes smelled like a philistine, Li Zheng realized that there was nothing wrong with philistinism after he thought about the second dirty payment sent by Zhu Run, the Marquis of Guannei.
Those ministers claimed to be noble, but their lives were miserable, and how could they not be as carefree and comfortable as Mr. Liu?
You can buy whatever you want to eat, whatever you want, and you won’t be short of money.
Especially after the second balance of nine million taels of silver was silently deposited into the internal treasury, Li Zheng dared to add more dishes to his meals and drink different kinds of soup.
If you want to drink meat soup, just drink meat soup, if you want to drink light porridge, just drink light porridge, not to mention how comfortable it is.
Even Li Zheng had the dressing room make five dragon robes at once, one to wear today and another one to wear tomorrow.
After enjoying these things, Li Zheng suddenly realized that he was so stupid before and lived a miserable life. The minister of civil and military affairs who advised him to be a wise king was just eating delicacies from mountains and seas, but he was living a life that was not as good as even a rich man.
Am I still the emperor? Am I still the majestic lord of the country?
So Li Zheng discovered that there is nothing wrong with being a "foolish king".
I have food in my hands and don’t panic in my heart.
"It's sweet and juicy and melts in your mouth. It tastes good. Send me another 500!"
Li Zheng fell in love with the taste of watermelon when he first tasted it. There are not many sweets in this era, so it was not easy to find a fresh and delicious food. Li Zheng was naturally very satisfied.
"No!"
Young Master Liu said with a decisive tone.
"kindness?"
Li Zhenghu stared blankly and looked at Young Master Liu majestically, looking quite dissatisfied.
"Your Majesty, it's useless for you to glare at me. I really don't have any. These two are the only ones who have squeezed out. If I were not loyal and patriotic, your Majesty may not be able to eat these two."
After staring at Young Master Liu for a long time, Li Zheng finally confirmed that Young Master Liu was indeed gone and sighed regretfully.
“Can watermelon be grown?”
"Yes, these two were planted by me. We are collecting the seeds. It is estimated that there will be more next year, but it can only satisfy His Majesty. Even if others do not care, it is still too little."
Li Zheng looked at the watermelon in his hand cherishingly and sighed: "I should be content. I can eat new and novel fruits. I don't know how many people can't even eat simple meals. It's my fault. I can't let the world
The people have no worries about food and clothing."
"Your Majesty, you have to take it step by step. Sooner or later, Dalong will become rich under your leadership."
Throwing the watermelon rind on the table, Li Zheng wiped the corner of his mouth: "Yes, you have to eat one bite at a time. I took over a mess from the hands of the late emperor, and I have tried my best to work diligently, but he can't become fat after one bite."
ah."
"Fuhai."
"exist."
"Send the remaining watermelon to the queen and let her share it with the concubines in the harem."
"yes."
"Liu Aiqing, what do you think of your junior brother Hu Jun?"
"Hu Jun?"
"That's right, the first place in the examination will be Hui Yuan Hu Jun."
"Well, I can't say more. If I say it's not good, my fellow apprentices would be a little ruthless. If I say it's good, I have to avoid suspicion. I don't know how to evaluate it."
"Okay, please step back first. I will summon you if something happens."
"Yes, I will retire."
Looking at Liu Mingzhi's back, Li Zheng began to think intently.
"Hu Yan Yunyao, a woman, is actually capable of surpassing all the scholars in the world. Should she listen to the teacher and pretend not to know how to reuse this person and set a precedent for a generation of women to serve as officials, or follow the rules and put this person under supervision and investigation."
Li Zheng held up the memorial in his hand but his thoughts were confused.
"Zhou Fei, draw up the decree."
"His Majesty."
"The two prime ministers and assistants are removed from their duty to make decisions on the fly, and I will personally review them."