The Empire and the Kingdom

The news of Yi Jiaqi's ascension to the throne came from Yi Country, and Feng Jingsu thought about it after receiving the news, "It turns out that Elder Sister just wanted to get away."

Xue Ai didn't understand, "Go back to the academy?"

"That's right. No wonder she allowed the people of Yi Country to misunderstand her without explaining anything. It's just because she didn't care, and it minimized the impact of her leaving." Feng Jingsu shook her head, "She's really tired of living."

Chen Xu has always only wanted to protect the country of Yi. After the country was destroyed and restored, Chen Xu had no intention of staying in the country of Yi.The responsibility for the country's destruction needs to be borne by someone, and that must be the ruler. Her elder brother Yi Jiaqi still leads the people to continue living, so it is appropriate for her to bear the responsibility. Promise of.

"I will bear all the crimes."

She was going back to the academy after all, and Fei Yejin was her destination after going through so many ups and downs.There are new responsibilities waiting for her to shoulder.

"Looking at the news, the new Emperor Yi Min doesn't look like a good person, and he let Princess Yi Min bear all the responsibility for the subjugation of the country. Others don't know, doesn't he know that Princess Yi Min is innocent?" Xue Ai felt that Yi Jiaqi is a bad guy.

"The way of the emperor, if the sacrifice of the elder sister alone can bring the hearts of the people back, it is a good deal." Feng Jingsu can understand Yi Jiaqi very well, but this does not affect her despise Yi Jiaqi.There are always other ways, but Yi Jiaqi doesn't want to think about it, maybe...

She frowned suddenly, "No, Senior Sister is in danger!" She got up suddenly, but she didn't know how to help.

"Sister Su, don't worry, we are so far away from Yi Country, even if we rush there, it will be too late." Although Xue Ai didn't know the danger, she was still helping to find a way.

Feng Jingsu shook her head, "It must be too late." She wrote a letter to Fei Yejin and sent it to Fei Yejin. At present, she can only hope that Fei Yejin's pigeon can fly fast enough.

She is an emperor, so she thinks from Yi Jiaqi's point of view. Of course, she doesn't mind thinking of Yi Jiaqi in a more despicable way.If she was Yi Jiaqi, she would definitely be eliminated after Chen Xu planned to restore the country.First of all, if a talent like Chen Xu can't be used for himself, he can't stay at all.Even if it can be used for oneself, it is difficult to control. If you are worried about using it, it is better to get rid of it.Second, Yi Jiaqi is supported by the people, and all the credit is due to Chen Xu. At present, Chen Xu is the only one who doesn't say anything. What if one day Chen Xu tells the truth?For such a person who knows the whole truth, it must be eliminated.This is the emperor, even brothers and sisters, for the sake of the stability of the country, or for the sake of killing people, Yi Jiaqi can't keep Chen Xu.

Eight days after her Feige letter was sent out, she received news from Yi Guo that Chen Xu had defected from Yi Guo, and Yi Guo was now looking for her all over the country for the crime of communicating with foreign countries and committing a rebellion.

"Yo Hou, what a big crime, enough to punish the nine clans." Knowing that Chen Xu had escaped, Feng Jingsu was in the mood to joke.Moreover, she could receive the news so quickly, which means that Chen Xu had already escaped before her reminder, so it was all good.

Xue Ai was still angry, "It's really not worth it for Princess Yimin!"

"Her choice is different from ours." Feng Jingsu pointed to her head, "I have never been able to figure out her. This is probably the gap between me and her."

Xue Ai curled her lips, "Princess Yimin's matter has come to an end, should you let me go out?" The project of dredging the river needs to be inspected, and Feng Jingsu, who was bystander, couldn't believe it, so Xue Ai volunteered to go.

To be honest, Feng Jingsu was reluctant to bear her long-distance travel and suffering, but after all, Xue Ai was indeed the most suitable candidate.

"I can't bear you." Feng Jingsu pinched her cheek.

"I can't bear you either. But I'm very happy to be able to help you with something." Xue Ai smiled brightly, like the breeze in March, refreshing Feng Jingsu for a while.

Three days later, Xue Ai sneaked out of Beijing with Feng Jingsu's secret decree.Yushu and Yuyan all followed, and twenty secret guards accompanied them secretly.Li Changqing dispatched [-] garrison troops and divided them into several teams, pretending to be a caravan, and always protecting Xue Ai.

When Xue Xiang learned that Xue Ai had secretly left Beijing, he was stunned for a long time before saying, "Your Majesty is really willing to use Ai'er again." He always thought that Feng Jingsu just wanted to keep Xue Ai by his side to serve.

"Xiao Ai is taught by Xue Xiang, she is a great talent. It would be a pity if she is confined to the harem. Although I hate her, it will be beneficial to let her experience it in the future." Feng Jingsu hurriedly curry favor in front of her father-in-law.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xue Xiang didn't know what it was like, probably it was the trust between women.For any man, even if he would spoil Xue Ai to heaven, he would not let her do this kind of thing. He was worried and felt it was unnecessary.His daughter is a very wild little fox, which should be displayed in the world instead of being locked in a cage all the time.

A few days later, Guan Xuejing, who had been away for more than a month, finally came back.She didn't even have time to go home and the garrison mansion, and went straight into the palace.

"Senior Sister... Uh... Your Majesty." It was quite difficult for Guan Xuejing to change her words.

"Forget it, you can call it whatever you want, and I didn't force you to change it."

"Senior Sister." Guan Xuejing smiled, "A good news and a bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"How much money did you get?" This was what Feng Jingsu wanted to hear most.

"Oh, this is bad news." Seeing Feng Jingsu's staring eyes, Guan Xuejing hurriedly said, "There is no way. As I said, half of Ling Lan was divided, and that's all I got back." She took out a bank note from her purse.This bank was also opened by Feiyejin, and it was called Feiyejin Bank. Feiyejin's disciples liked to use this bank, and there was absolutely no problem with deposits and withdrawals.

It was less than 100 million taels, which was less than Feng Jingsu's psychological expectation, but after all, it was for nothing, and she was not too disappointed. "What's the good news?"

"It's that the disciples of those sects hate the Lingguo royal family, and they will sneak attack them whenever they find an opportunity. Now the Lingguo royal family dare not come out at will, and they can only shrink in the hole like mice."

Guan Xuejing was sent by Feng Jingsu to cooperate with Lu Linglan, Princess Tianji of Fengguo, to do something.Feng Jingsu actually didn't want to take revenge. She is now the king of a country, and she has long since lost her temper. It is not worth it to send someone to deal with her for the sake of Ling Guo, but if she can get money, it will be different.

Feng Jingsu came up with the idea, but to make it happen, she needs the help of Lu Linglan. After all, she is Xie Yushang's disciple and the successor of fortune telling.

Lu Linglan is different from Feng Jingsu, she has no interest in the throne, she just wants to live her life in an ordinary way, but she is a princess, the intrigue in the palace is no less than that of Yun Kingdom, which makes her quite depressed.There is also Lu Linghan, Princess Anhe, who was married by Feng Guo and went to Li Kingdom to be the concubine. What's wrong, she always provokes Chen Xu, and Chen Xu always writes to threaten her to kill Lu Linghan.Lu Linglan had no choice but to report to the Emperor Fengguo, who asked to keep Lu Linghan.So Feng Guo gave Chen Xu a lot of help through Lu Linglan.

Now that Chen Xu has gone to restore the country, after Lu Linghan persevered in his death, he finally calmed down.Just when she was feeling bored, Guan Xuejing came.When she heard that Feng Jingsu was going to mess with Ling Guo, she became happy again.It's not a big deal to watch the excitement, and no one in the entire Feiyejin Academy has a good impression of the Ling Kingdom royal family.

The two sneaked into the Ling country, and according to the information given by Feng Jingsu, one by one they found the masters who had dealt with Feng Jingsu back then.Some of these masters are lone rangers, who die when they die, and some are the heads or elders of the big sect, with many disciples and grandchildren. The two went to play tricks to make these people believe that their master was killed by the Ling Kingdom royal family.After all, it was indeed the royal family of the Ling Kingdom who invited people back then, but now that they are gone, there must be an explanation.

When a few sects make trouble, it's not just a simple Jianghu matter.Then the two of them went to the Lingguo Palace to pretend to be ghosts and successfully frightened all the concubines.

At this moment, Lu Linghan made his grand entrance.She is Xie Yushang's disciple, pretending to be an exorcist celestial master, she can easily capture her.In addition, she has been studying at Feiyejin Academy, and there are no Ling people in the academy, so she is not worried about cheating.Guan Xuejing was helping her by the side, and she almost burst out laughing seeing her babbling.

The two carried out many extortion and deception activities of varying degrees and scales, targeting the emperor of the Ling Kingdom and the clan of the Ling Kingdom. In the end, they got less than 200 million taels of silver.The silver seems to be a lot, but Lu Linglan knows that if it is used for the country, it is actually not much.We are all teachers and sisters, she came out this time purely for fun, and did not intend to share money.

"This can't be done. When I came out, my senior sister told me again and again that our sisters should settle accounts clearly, so that we can continue to cooperate next time. If you agree to share half with you, you will get half with you. You can't miss one or two."

The two took all the silver scattered in various banks and stored them in Feiyejin Bank. This is not an easy job. Fortunately, with the help of professionals from Feiyejin Bank, after counting all the bank notes and confirming that they are correct, exchange them for them After getting the banknote, they will deal with the rest slowly.

"You did a good job in this matter." Feng Jingsu didn't have a cashier's receipt, so she pushed it directly in front of Guan Xuejing.

"Wow, what do you mean, Senior Sister? I dare not accept so much money, it scares me to death, I have never seen so much money before." Guan Xuejing was thirsty, she poured Feng Jingsu's tea and drank it. No, this is too unruly.She quickly put down the teacup, scratching her head in embarrassment.

"You think well." Feng Jingsu got up and came over and stuffed the money back into her purse, "I won't give it to you if you want it. I asked you to bring it back to Feng Qianzi. This money is not easy to enter the account. Put it in her hand first, in case of emergency."

"Oh." Guan Xuejing hurriedly collected the bank notes, and made a misunderstanding.

"Why don't you drink anymore? The tea is cold?" Feng Jingsu reached out to touch the teapot.

"That..." Guan Xuejing pointed to the teapot, "This is your tea."

Feng Jingsu realized after a while, "Because I'm the emperor, right?" She smiled, "Then I will give you an oral order, allowing you to continue climbing the palace walls, call my senior sister, and drink my tea."

Guan Xuejing immediately became beautiful, took the tea cup and continued to drink tea, "Senior sister, how do you feel differently after becoming the emperor?"

"Busier and more tired." Feng Jingsu rubbed the center of her brows, "Also dealing with the courtiers, I really want to freeze these old bones into icy slag all the time!" Feng Jingsu gritted her teeth at this point.

Guan Xuejing held the teacup tightly, "Wow, you have become so violent!"

"Go back and ask how difficult your father and his gang are." Only then did Feng Jingsu realize the helplessness of being an emperor.She came to power with a strong wrist. Although the procedure was legal, the officials still did not fully support her.Besides, when she did not succeed to the throne, she fought against the officials and the clan. After succeeding to the throne, everyone still thinks that she is a monarch who harms everyone's interests. With the lessons learned from King Xin, the clan is temporarily honest, but the court is like a running machine, the parts don't want to move, and the machine always has various problems.

Feng Jingsu is currently relying on her own strong means to implement the executive order.Everyone knows that these decrees are beneficial to the country and the people, but they have harmed the interests of many people, so it is very difficult to implement them.

This is still under the circumstances of Xue Xiang's full support and Master Feng's mediation. Without these two, Feng Jingsu would have been even more difficult.

"Uh... what can I do for you?" Guan Xuejing didn't know if she could help with this kind of thing.

"Just help me stabilize the situation in the capital. In two days, I will award your family a reward. You should rest for a few days and receive the reward in a splendid manner."

During Guan Xuejing's departure for more than a month, Feng Qianzi used checking accounts as a pastime. She checked almost all the accounts she could see last year. There were a lot of problems in them. Some accounts were done cleverly, but she just felt that they were wrong. , but couldn't see the specific problem, she picked out such accounts and waited for Guan Xuejing to come back to read.

Now Feng Qianzi also has people under her command. Many young recruits who have not passed the Jinshi exam and who are not planning to take the exam again can register with the corresponding department of the imperial court. If there are vacancies in the imperial court, these people will be considered as appropriate.Feng Qianzi had more than a dozen of these people under her command. These people were responsible for the copying work every day. Although it was simple, it greatly reduced Feng Qianzi's work.

When Guan Xuejing came back, Feng Qianzi came to see her only after finishing the work at hand.

"Qianzi—" Guan Xuejing quickly hugged Feng Qianzi and acted like a baby.

Feng Qianzi pushed her away, "Speak well."

"Don't you miss me?" Guan Xuejing pretended to be pitiful.

"What's the use of thinking? I can't meet until you come back." Feng Qianzi spoke rationally, but touched Guan Xuejing's face with her hand, "Have you lost weight?"

"It's okay." Guan Xuejing squeezed her pointed chin, "You are the one who really lost weight. Did you work too hard?"

The two lovers haven't seen each other for a long time, so they naturally want to talk about parting sorrows.

In the first year of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial envoy Xue Ai inspected the water conservancy and found more than a dozen officials and squires who were corrupt to dredge the river and money. She showed the emperor's decree and dismissed the corrupt officials on the spot. .

During the inspection, Xue Ai met a capable man named Gao Yi, who did not have any fame, but when it came to water conservancy, Xue Ai talked with him for a long time. According to him, his family was several generations of river workers. I know the hydrology and geography here best, and river dredging.

Xue Ai immediately asked him to help him to come up with an effective way to dredge the river.The old man was also unambiguous, and in just a few days, he wrote tens of thousands of words eloquently. Xue Ai didn't know whether these methods were effective, so he asked the local officials to find some old river workers to come over to discuss the details.

Most of the methods are correct, but there are a few problems. Everyone sits down and discusses, and soon a complete plan is formed, which is much better than those proposed by the Ministry of Industry. The key is that it is practical and operable.

Xue Ai didn't dare to make a decision on his own, so he sent someone to report the plan to the capital first.After Feng Jingsu got the plan, she also asked people from the Ministry of Industry to discuss it, but all she asked were the lowest-level officials in the Ministry of Industry, and asked them to tell a thing or two about the advantages and disadvantages of the plan.

An official named Ren Rong had a wrong expression when he saw the plan. Feng Jingsu clicked him to speak first.

"Is there any problem?" It seems that this is not the first time Gao Yi proposed a plan, and obviously it has not been reused.

Ren Rong was quite nervous in front of Feng Jingsu, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, if you follow this plan to dredge, it can indeed keep the river from being blocked for many years. It is a good solution once and for all."

Feng Jingsu nodded, "Let's talk about the shortcomings." Even if such a good method is not used, the shortcomings must be serious.

"The biggest disadvantage is that it costs a lot." Money, too expensive.

It's not that the Supreme Emperor didn't want to follow this method to repair, but when he saw the possible cost, he gave up directly.Gao Yi was thinking about how to dredge the waterway, but he didn't think about how much money to spend.But the imperial court has to consider that it is impossible to spend all the money here in such a big country, so can other places survive?Is the court still alive?

Feng Jingsu felt relieved.Although she is still short of money, money is actually the most negligible shortcoming.

"Ren Rong, go back and do the math immediately. According to this plan, how much money will be needed, just give me an approximate amount."

Before Ren Rong returned to the Ministry of Industry, his official position was promoted.He is just a petty official. Although he has served in the Ministry of Industry for many years, he has not been promoted.Usually, it is not his turn to face the saint, but he did not expect to be promoted today just because of this one-liner, and his heart is full of motivation.The figures were calculated in two days and presented to Feng Jingsu's desk.

Looking at this number, Feng Jingsu is not surprising, but she needs to make up her mind to make a decision.Do you want to do it once and for all?Do you want to concentrate all the money of the imperial court on water conservancy?

After thinking about it all night, she made a decision.The Ministry of Households allocated funds immediately, and the first batch of 300 million taels had to be ready to be deposited in Feiyejin Bank within three days.

Xue Ai also received the news, and started working according to Gao Yi's plan.All the dredging in the early stage has achieved certain results at this time, at least the drought this spring has survived.But the upcoming wet season will be a test for the construction of the river.Xue Ai raised his concerns, and Gao Yi proposed to build land buildings first, and then build underwater buildings after the summer.

Three million taels of silver, this is the amount that only Feiyejin Bank can eat.The household department deposited the silver into the bank, and the bank issued the bank note, and Feng Jingsu sent someone to deliver the bank note to Xue Ai, which was already the fastest speed.However, Feiyejin Bank told Feng Jingsu that there is no need to wait for the banknote, as long as Feige sends the letter to the local bank, Xue Ai can directly withdraw the money without any certificate.