Great Wei scholar

And the aloofness of the woman in front of her is the kind of aloofness from the inside out.

Such a beauty in the world, Xu Qingxiao couldn't help admiring in his heart.

But just for a moment, Xu Qingxiao looked away. It's not like she hasn't seen the beauty in the world before, and it's a normal reaction to be a little surprised.

Not far away, Shui Yunyan stood quietly, she glanced at Xu Qingxiao, her eyes were very calm.

But she didn't move forward, and was somewhat resistant.

Xu Qingxiao didn't go to see her for anything, she was generally aloof and stunning, and there was something wrong with her mind, to put it bluntly, she was arrogant.

Xu Qingxiao doesn't like this set, the more proud Xu Qingxiao is, the less he likes it. Let me ask, that man doesn't like a gentle and virtuous sister?Who likes a younger sister with a cold face all day long?

Having finished reading the books here, Xu Qingxiao went to the next area, and finally came to the Buddhist scriptures pavilion, there is no reason to just read a little medicine scriptures.

Regarding the matter of the saint, Xu Qingxiao also has to look for it.

Xu Qingxiao left, deliberately leaving from the other side to avoid contact with the other party.

Seeing Xu Qingxiao leaving, Shui Yunyan breathed a sigh of relief. After a while, she left and came to Xu Qingxiao's place just now, and started reading.

at the same time.

In the Great Wei Palace.

Li Yanlong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, slowly came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Chen, Li Yanlong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, pays homage to Your Majesty."

Li Yanlong opened his mouth, and he came with a thick stack of manuscripts.

"Flat body."

The empress spoke.

And the latter spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry spent three days to make a budget. For this waterwheel project, if the land in [-] counties is selected, if all of them are made of high-quality materials, [-] million taels is barely enough. But if labor costs are added, it will take more Add [-] million taels to the budget."

Li Yanlong handed in the budget booklet, speaking seriously.

On the dragon chair, after hearing the price again, the empress didn't show any expression, she had a measure in her heart.

There is indeed no problem with this price, but she cannot accept this price.

Taking a casual glance at the budget booklet, the empress couldn't help but speak.

"Fifty million taels, the cost of labor, materials, and maintenance must be included in it. It can't be more, but less. Can Aiqing do it?"

The Empress asked.

Hearing this, Li Yanlong smiled wryly for a moment.

"Your Majesty, I have already reduced the budget to the minimum, and if I push it down, I am afraid that there will be villains doing it."

"If your Majesty is not satisfied, you can only settle the matter with the Ministry of Accounts. Besides, I have been thinking about it for a long time when I go back this time. I still have to discuss with Gu Shangshu about the allocation of [-] million taels."

"There are many things involved, such as material purchase, human employment, local allocation of funds, etc., and the Ministry of Industry alone cannot guarantee that it will be perfect."

Li Yanlong told the truth that such a large project would definitely have many problems. For example, some businessmen, in exchange for very poor materials, colluded with each other and embezzled silver in order to make profits.

This can still be prevented by finding a way, but when buying materials, if you suddenly need such a large amount of materials, will everyone increase the price?After all, businessmen can't get up early without profit. As long as everyone counts up, they will definitely raise prices deliberately to make money.

Then, it is no problem to buy materials for [-] million taels, but what about labor?Is it impossible for you to let the common people help for nothing?Let the government publicize?

There is no problem with government propaganda, but the question is, are the people willing to agree?

Giving money is the most real thing.

Therefore, this matter must be discussed with the Ministry of Finance, which is in charge of this.

"Let's talk about it in the hall tomorrow."

The empress opened her mouth, but she was still indifferent.

Indeed, fifty million taels is very difficult to implement in fifty counties.

But if it is reduced, she will not be reconciled, after all, the waterwheel project is beneficial to the country and the people.

It is still very difficult to get past the Ministry of Accounts, but if the Ministry of Accounts is really allowed to take over the matter, it will cause a lot of trouble. It is not the Ministry of Accounts' problem, but...someone will not allow this waterwheel project to continue.

trade off.

For the emperor, everything is a trade-off.

She must carry on with the waterwheel project, and even if there are obstacles, she cannot let it go.

"Your Majesty is wise."

Li Yanlong yelled, and then he had nothing else to do, so he resigned and left.

After Li Yanlong left.

The empress was also sitting on the dragon chair and meditating. After a while, a voice suddenly sounded.

It was Zhao Wan'er's voice.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Hua Xingyun seems to be returning to the capital."

Zhao Wan'er made a sound, bringing the Empress back from her contemplation.

"Hua Xingyun, why is he back?"

Hearing this name, the empress was not surprised, but her tone was a little curious.

"It is said that a great Confucian from the Wei Palace invited him back. It should be for the first imperial examination of the new dynasty."

"Now the Wen Palace of the Great Wei Dynasty is looking forward to Hua Xingyun's return. Some news has spread outside that Hua Xingyun has made his intentions after three years away. Now that he returns, he will complete his statement on the day of the imperial examination."

Zhao Wan'er said so.

"Would you like to make a statement?"

"Great Wei Wengong finally felt some pressure. Even Hua Xingyun called back. It seems that Xu Qingxiao put a little bit of pressure on them."

"However, Hua Xingyun is away all the year round, traveling around the world, I am afraid that his roots will not be stable. He can be reused, but he cannot be trusted."

"Okay, come with me to relax."

The empress was very calm, and she didn't seem to have a good impression of Hua Xingyun, but as an emperor, she would not judge a person just because of her happiness or anger.

As long as it can help Jiangshan Sheji, no matter what.

The empress got up and left, Zhao Wan'er followed behind.

The sun was shining brightly, but it wasn't too hot inside the palace.

But outside the palace, the heat was unbearable.

But at this time, a piece of news spread, which made Dawei Jingdu a little excited.

The lifestyle of the common people is very simple, eating, drinking and having fun, and then talk about some topics. If nothing major happens, they will talk about who's son and daughter-in-law?The spring building of that house has new tea again.

But once something big happens, Kyoto becomes extremely lively.

"Hua Xingyun is coming back."

A piece of news spread to Kyoto, and at this moment, the whole capital began to discuss heatedly.

"Didn't he go to travel around the world? Why did he come back suddenly?"

"Hua Xingyun? Such a familiar name, oh, I remembered, who is the one who claims to be the number one literati in Wei?"

"The hope of the Great Weiwen Palace, among Zhu Sheng's lineage, is Hua Xingyun the most likely to become the second-rank sub-sage?"

"Why did he come back suddenly?"

"Who is Hua Xingyun? I just came to the capital, and I have never heard of such a person."

The common people discussed heatedly. At first, many people were a little curious about who Hua Xingyun was, but they soon remembered this person.

It's not that Hua Xingyun has no sense of presence, but his name is very famous throughout the Great Wei, but about three years ago, Hua Xingyun left Great Wei to travel to other countries.

Make it clear.

Now three years have passed, the Great Wei has changed emperors, and has experienced turmoil again and again. In a peaceful and prosperous age, people may not forget these three years.

But at this juncture, after disappearing for three years, no one really remembers this name.

Even Xu Qingxiao, if he suddenly disappeared for three years during the Great Wei Northern Expedition, the common people would not remember Xu Qingxiao.

It was only when Xu Qingxiao appeared again that the people would remember Xu Qingxiao.

As the news spread more and more widely, Hua Xingyun's name soon spread throughout the capital of Great Wei. More and more people thought of this character, and suddenly, there were even more discussions.

"Hua Xingyun has traveled around the world. I thought he was serving in other dynasties? I didn't expect that he was going to make a statement."

"There are talented people from generation to generation. Three years ago, Hua Xingyun was more brilliant than Xu Qingxiao now. Unfortunately, after three years of silence, Xu Qingxiao's reputation is much greater than him now."

"Who is this Hua Xingyun? Can someone explain, I really don't know."

"You said, Hua Xingyun came back at this juncture, do you want to trouble Xu Qingxiao?"

"It's very possible. It's really possible to come back at this juncture."

"Hey, Great Wei Literary World, are two peerless rookies going to fight?"

"There's a good show to watch now."

The common people talked a lot, at first they were just talking about what Hua Xingyun had been doing these years, but soon someone speculated that Hua Xingyun suddenly appeared at this juncture, was he trying to trouble Xu Qingxiao?

As soon as this speculation appeared, the topic became more heated in an instant.

After all, one was a rookie in the literary world three years ago, and he also received various praises from the Wen Palace of the Great Wei Dynasty. Almost all the scholars in the Wen Palace of the Wei Dynasty valued Hua Xingyun.

Even the first emperor praised Hua Xingyun, saying it was a pity that Hua Xingyun was born 20 years late.

Such a high evaluation made Hua Xingyun a new star in the literary world of Great Wei, but just when Hua Xingyun was attracting so much attention from the world, he left Great Wei and traveled around the world, saying that he wanted to speak clearly.

But more people suspected that Hua Xingyun had betrayed Wei and wanted to serve in another country. The Tuxie Dynasty and the Chuyuan Dynasty wanted to win him over.

Coupled with the fact that the ruling and opposition parties were in turmoil at the time, and the old and the new were exchanged, who knows what will happen.

Therefore, Hua Xingyun's departure also made the common people very angry.

Now, he never thought that after three years, Hua Xingyun would come back.

Back to Dawei.

And just at this time, the Great Wei Xin Dynasty also ushered in a great talent from all ages, Xu Qingxiao.

Hua Xingyun didn't come back sooner or later, but he came back at this time, everyone felt that there was a problem.

Most likely, he came back for Xu Qingxiao.

It is impossible to have two suns in the literary world at any time.

Now the entire capital of Great Wei was completely lively, and the common people liked to watch the excitement when they had nothing to do, especially when two such topical people collided together.

Then came another rumor.

"Hua Xingyun came back this time for Xu Qingxiao. Xu Qingxiao tarnished Zhu Sheng's lineage. He came back this time to let Xu Qingxiao understand that Zhu Sheng cannot be humiliated."

"Hua Xingyun said that he wants to win the first place in the New Dynasty imperial examination, and let Xu Qingxiao know what a real great talent is."

"You guys are mistaken. Hua Xingyun didn't want to defeat Xu Qingxiao in the imperial examination. He wanted to defeat Xu Qingxiao in the Taiping Poetry Fair. He wanted to trample Xu Qingxiao's most proud talent under his feet."

"Internal information, internal information, all the great Confucian scholars in the Wei Wen Palace are waiting for Hua Xingyun. They are ready to ask for orders and go to the court to seek a position for Hua Xingyun. They must completely attack Xu Qingxiao from both Confucianism and officials."

"What kind of insider news are you? I'm the insider news. Seeing Xu Qingxiao Liyan, the Great Wei Wengong has already felt the pressure. This time, he deliberately called Hua Xingyun back from the Tuxie Dynasty, and it was not to attack Xu Qingxiao, but to It will ruin Xu Qingxiao's reputation."

"Please, tell me, who is Hua Xingyun? I want to interject."

All kinds of rumors are spreading in Kyoto, and there are some inexplicable shadows among them, who want to stir up disputes and make the two rookies fight.

But there are also a small number of people who don't know who Hua Xingyun is.

But soon, the topic changed again, from Hua Xingyun's sudden return to why Hua Xingyun and Xu Qingxiao were better.

It was not the common people who spoke out first, but the scholars in Kyoto.

"I still need to ask? It must be Hua Xingyun. Brother Hua, you can't understand his talent at all. I met Brother Hua three years ago. Standing there, he gave me the feeling that a saint is alive. In general, Xu Qingxiao, he is also worthy?"

"Well, Brother Xingyun was so talented back then that you can't even imagine. How many women in the entire capital fell in love with him. Don't look at the few poems written by Xu Qingxiao, but these are all elegant works."

"Brother Xingyun went to the border alone during the Northern Expedition, and cooperated with several Marquises to forcibly guard the border, so that the Great Wei did not encounter any crisis, and at the three-way conference, Hua Xingyun even set the world with one word, It was a tie, and he was hailed as the star of Wenqu of the Great Wei."

"Which of these deeds did not exalt our great Wei's prestige? On the other hand, what Xu Qingxiao did was disrespectful to the great Confucianism, disrespecting the court, and even for his own selfish desires, he killed the county king, regardless of the consequences, and kept saying that he was doing it for the people. The common people belong to Hua Xingyun, brother Hua."